BI Governance Services

Framework that helps identify, deliver, and maintain the BI strategy.

BI Governance Services is an integral part of the enterprise-wide management of information systems. It consists of the leadership structure, policies, processes and procedures that ensure the effectiveness and sustainability of BI initiatives. BI Governance Services builds in flexibility by creating robust processes capable of scaling to any size and scope, and all aspects related to the approach of BI efforts are clearly defined. BI Governance Services is essentially a business-driven effort where stakeholders representing the various cross-functional areas meet and decide how to govern their data assets and how to drive their BI strategies to the next level. Data governance as is implied by the term focuses on the management of the quality, consistency, usability, security and availability of the information. A relevant and accurate BI Solutions system of any company needs to incorporate strong guiding principles, decision making concerns and oversight procedures. Along with a mechanism to manage your BI strategy, BI governance provides measurements for gauging success. One non-tangible benefit: improved morale as the staff involved builds their knowledge base and shortens their learning curve. Compared to project governance, a governance structure for BI has a broader, longer-term scope to transform and evolve the organization’s competitive advantages by utilizing a BI solution. BI governance offers the achievement of tangible business benefits and the meeting of the corporate objectives. Program planning, prioritization and funding processes, Architecture and Data Stewardship to support architectural polices and standards and ensure quality, consistency and integration respectively.