Business Intelligence Competency Center

A Business Intelligence Competency Center (English as center of excellence for business analytics, abbr, BICC ) is a cross-functional team within an organization. It performs tasks, roles, responsibilities and processes to support the effective application of business intelligence (BI ) within an organization and promote.

The IT consulting firm Gartner Inc. acted in 2003 to ensure that companies such BICC need to apply business intelligence can. The concept has since been through practical introduction to organizations that have implemented BI and analytical software, further improved.

The term " BICC " is not well integrated into practice in the nomenclature of organizations in the business and public relations area and also there are large differences in the organizational structure for BICCs.

BICC concept leads to the formation of units, mainly to ensure that information is used, using the BI software for decision-making and that the ROI is enhanced by an investment in BI.

A BICC coordinates activities and resources. The purpose is to ensure that throughout an organization systematically a fact-based approach is implemented to make decisions. It is responsible for both the governance structure for BI as well as for analytical programs, projects, practices, and software architecture. Accordingly, plans, priorities, infrastructure and skills are created, which needs the organization in order to make forward-looking strategic decision by making use of BI and analytical software applications.

The influence of a BICCs goes far beyond the typical business areas and therefore plays an extremely important role in the central organizational and strategic process flow. The aim of the BICCs is therefore to empower the entire organization, BI coordinate of all departments from. By centralizing " ..., it ensures that information and best practices across the organization away are communicated and shared, so that everyone from successes and lessons learned takes advantage. "

In promoting the interaction of different cultures and units within an organization BICC also plays an important organizational role. Its central mission is dissemination of knowledge, improvement of analytical skills, tutoring and training. A BICC should be therefore a central contact point, to ensure that as much information be consumed and that BI achieved an added value.

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