The BI Pathway Method

The BI Pathway Method is focused on designing, developing, and deploying BI applications that deliver a tangible positive impact on the core business processes that drive business results and profits. Through systematic, structured analytical and design processes, the BI Pathway Method identifies key business challenges that can be met through BI-driven process improvement efforts. Using the Six Sigma tools embedded in the BI Pathway, DecisionPath works with your business and IT communities to create a compelling and pragmatic business case for leveraging BI for such purposes as reducing costs, acquiring and retaining profitable customers, achieving operational excellence, increasing campaign effectiveness, meeting regulatory mandates, delivering more robust management and financial information, improving strategic performance, and driving top-line growth.

Once business buy-in has been accomplished, the BI Pathway Method is used to identify risks, design specific BI applications, define technical requirements and projects, and formulate a comprehensive, actionable BI Roadmap or Program Plan. The BI Roadmap or Program Plan sets the stage for success, and it is then executed using proven program management, project management, process improvement, change management, and BI technical methods. More broadly, the BI Pathway Method provides companies with an easy-to-learn, repeatable process that can be used to meet business users’ needs. Due to its flexibility, we have used it to:

• revitalize stalled BI programs
• launch practical BI programs
• identify and prioritize high impact BI projects
• define a robust technical architecture
• justify and select BI and data warehousing technologies
• deliver successful BI projects
• drive improvements to critical business processes

What’s more, the BI Pathway Method has been vetted by our peers, rated highly by TDWI, and made available to any company who wishes to enroll its people in either our one-day or two-day training course. It is a fully documented method that has been taught to hundreds of BI professionals in companies varying in size, name recognition, industry, and stage of BI adoption. For more information, please send us a note at BIPathway@DecisionPath.com.