Business Intelligence Training
Business intelligence training is simply the process of learning the
best methods, techniques and ways of using software and practices focused
on business intelligence. Business intelligence training is
often associated with the initial business intelligence (BI) purchase,
however business intelligence training is an on-going aspect of using
BI software that is used to effectively get the most benefit from your
BI investment. Through business intelligence training your company
can learn to better deal with changing economic conditions and to get
the highest ROI from your BI investment.
Benefits of Business Intelligence Training
The primary, short-term benefit of business intelligence training
is that you will become more familiar with the BI software you have
chosen. Longer term, however, the benefits of thorough business
intelligence training will result in better use of your BI software
and in better results that will lead to smarter business decisions. Proper
business intelligence training involves more than just knowing where
the features are and what they do, thorough business intelligence training
should put the context in place for you to help you understand how
the features of the BI software can help you make better business decisions.
Types of Business Intelligence Training
Business intelligence training typically is centered around two areas:
features training is a type of business intelligence training that
focuses on what features are available and how to use them. This
type of business intelligence training is always the first step to
getting the most from your software and usually involves working with
data models that are unrelated to your business. Don't worry
if you don't quite yet understand how your BI investment will help
you during this form of business intelligence training. The second
type of business intelligence training addresses this concern and focuses
on helping you understand how to use your data and the BI tool in order
to get best use from it. It is critical that before embarking
on this latter form of business intelligence training that all users
be well versed in the BI software's features and functions.
How to Get Business Intelligence Training
Business intelligence training is available typically from one of
two sources. The software vendor is the most obvious place to
start your business intelligence training and will typically focus
on features of the software and how to use them. While this form
of business intelligence training may give you some business context
it is often not within the software vendor's realm of expertise to
provide the proper context for you. In order to get context and
the second type of business intelligence training you may have to hire
a consultant or VAR. Once again your best source for identifying
a reseller or consultant who could provide this form of business intelligence
training is probably your software vendor since they will probably
have a list of certified resellers and VARs who are experts in your
line of business and who are well trained on their Bi software.
Long Term Business Intelligence Training
Once your initial round of business intelligence training is complete
it's also critical to establish a regular form of 'refresher' business
intelligence training that will occur on a regular basis. This
form of business intelligence training might even be self-paced through
watching business intelligence training videos and demonstrations your
BI vendor may have available. This form of business intelligence
training is ideal in ensuring that your remain fluent with new features
of the software as new releases become available. |
