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August 28, 2007
BI University
My company (IBM Global Business Service) is trying to organize an educational initiative (BI University) that will provide learning and networking platform for our BI professionals. Some firms already have this kind of internal BI training and maybe some don't, but there are many potential benefits that can be harvested from running this type of internal educational program.
1) Increase Expertise. Our service area will further deepen its expertise in BI. Senior consultants will take an ownership for each BI topic, and they will get a chance to further refine their BI expertise during the process of preparing and teaching other fellow, entry-level BI consultants. Having an expertise in BI field is a must, and by simply increasing the level of expertise, we can build more trust from our clients.
2) Best Selling Tool. Expertise attracts more potential clients. McKinsey and Company's does not put its name in any of the ads such as newspaper, online banner, television, etc. What they do is to publish books, journals, and organize conferences. Namely, by focusing on their expertise and adding values to others first, it indirectly attracts its potential clients. McKinsey does not approach them. They do. Like old saying ... don't chase after this fickle bee, focus on being a beautiful flower, then it will come.
3) Networking Opportunity. This educational initiative provides a great networking opportunity for our BI professionals. We perhaps have more than 100 consultants in our BI division yet people in our service area do not know one another well unless they are in a same project. This educational program will attract people with similar interest and provide a natural environment to let them get connected.
We are still in a very infant stage of preparing this educational initiative and perhaps could get some invaluable insights from BEyeBlog experts here. So far we are planning to offer the following courses. If you see any other important BI/BPM topics missing or have other important advice in running this program successfully, please provide your insight here or to willcho@yahoo.com. Very Grateful.
1) Activity Based Costing Management
2) Intro to Performance Management
3) Planning and Budgeting
4) Financial Modeling
5) Earned Value Management
6) Cognos General Training
7) Hyperion General Training
8) Hyperion Performance Based Budgeting Training/Demo
Posted by William Cho at August 28, 2007 7:45 AM
