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Like all software implementations, Business Intelligence implementations follows all Software Development Life Cycle Management guidelines, which are resumed as:
Plan carefully the BI implementation: Establish scope or goals and identify key stakeholders, users and managers to guarantee the credibility and commitment with Business Intelligence project. Collect all necessary data and conduct initial stakeholder interviews, conduct infrastructure choices and assessment, develop a conscious and measurable project plan, initiate project by signing a kickoff.
Define clearly with users: Collect key information by conducting requirements interviews, samples and workshops. Prepare and sign Business Requirement Document.
Analyze all requirements: Review and prioritize to-be Business Requirements, determine data sources and examine data and gaps, assess impact on changes to process and systems, assess cost and timing implications.
Design: Design data structures, design information architecture; design Presentation Layer, build initial Prototypes to show the new Business Intelligence system.
Build and Configure all important components: prepare Reports and Dashboards to show previous products to users, conduct reviews with configured prototypes with all users involved, review any additional data gaps and initiate QA Test Plan.
Validate and check: Conduct QA Testing on data processes (focus on data) with production samples and users, execute QA and user testing in controlled environment, log issues and identify key new requirements, modify business model to reflect feedback, sign user acceptance.
Deploy and deliver: Install all developed components on Business Intelligence Production Environment, validate Security issues, teach and train Final Users, complete documentation and execute Post-Production Revision and Maintenance Plan.