Final Paper

The purpose of this project is to take the lecture materials from the course and apply them in practice. To do this, I would like you to create/summarize a set of criteria that helps to assess the BI maturity of some organization, apply your criteria to an organization you are involved with, and then describe how the organization can move from one level to another.

A few notes about the organization you choose.

• The ideal situation is that you analyze your current employer.
• You do not have to tell me the name of your employer, in fact, I prefer you don’t. Simply choose a name to call the company throughout the report.
• You should not need to share any confidential details from your employer to successfully complete this assignment.
• If you are not currently employed or otherwise need to find another organization to analyze, please let me know before the end of the third week of this course.

Notes about criteria

• Chapter 2 does a good job of outlining possible criteria for BI maturity. I suggest you use that as your basic outline, but this is not a requirement.
• Criteria should be simple and clear, do not copy from the text.
• Criteria should not relate to company performance or culture.

Notes about the paper

• Your paper should include the following three sections
  • (5 points) Brief/high-level summary of the organization you are analyzing.
  • (15 points) Summary of BI Maturity criteria – bullet list perfectly acceptable.
  • (15 points) Description of your organization’s current BI maturity level – make sure to point out the specific elements that put the organization in that level.
  • (15 points) Explanation of what needs to happen for the organization to move from the current level to the next level.
• Your paper does not have to be too long. In my mind, you should be able to accomplish this in 3-5 pages.
• You do not need to make any value judgments about how well the organization is managed.
• This is intended to be a write up in either a PDF or MS Word file. It is possible to create a Power Point presentation but I am likely to be more picky for projects submitted in that format.

Requirements

1. Create a set of criteria to assess the BI maturity of an organization (this could be a company or department).
   • Your assessment should include at least three levels of maturity.
   • Use the material in chapter 2 as a guide.
2. Find an organization and write up a complete assessment of the current state.
3. Create an action plan to move from the current level to the next level.