SunGard Survey Finds Lack of Proactive Data Reporting Hinders Success of Effective Business Intelligence Programs
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A global survey* undertaken by SunGard reveals the priority placed on business intelligence (BI) continues to heighten, but many organizations are challenged by the need to improve reporting techniques, business capabilities and information management. SunGard surveyed senior executives and found that a vast majority, collectively 80% of respondents, use periodic reporting techniques (51%), and reactive, "after-the-fact" reporting (29%), demonstrating that many current BI programs lack proactive, investigative reporting tactics.
SunGard's survey results show that BI derived from everyday transactional data is reliant on effective information management practices. Using improved investigative and proactive data analysis through advanced reporting tools and operations can help businesses more effectively mine intelligence buried in everyday data. However, failure to adjust and improve processes, use proactive analysis techniques and align IT with the business may result in an inability to analyze changes in business performance and operations.
SunGard's survey into BI maturity uncovers new findings that highlight a number of critical insights in this area:
Firms have not widely moved to a proactive, investigative reporting strategy
• A total of only 20% of respondents use proactive and investigative techniques, or showed an interest in scorecards/dashboards and analytics techniques. The ability to answer questions about "what if" scenarios can adequately prepare the business and positively impact risk management capabilities.
• For a majority of respondents, reactive and "after-the-fact" analyses are the primary means of data analysis. Companies' reliance on spreadsheets, manual data manipulation and periodic reports can limit their ability to conduct proactive analysis. Only a small percentage of firms are utilizing advanced analytics and reporting tools
• Almost half of survey respondents (45%) fulfill reporting needs through manual data extraction and data cleansing tools, as well as data presentation in spreadsheet or PDF formats.
• Only 13% of respondents utilize advanced BI techniques such as predictive analytics and alerts. IT and business must align to improve BI needs and requirements
• 71% of respondents indicated that they are slow to integrate advanced BI tools and software. IT and business view themselves as "technology followers" (43%) or adopt only proven technologies (28%).
• However, the survey showed only 29% of respondents indicated using a proactive approach in which IT follows technology trends in tools and processes, signifying that there is an "early adopter" segment that may be eager to strengthen business operations and performance through BI tools. Companies still lag in adoption of strategic, enterprise-wide business intelligence techniques
• Just more than half of respondents (53% in total) have either a tactical approach with little cross-department coordination (28%) or authorize and manage their BI projects at the department level (25%).
• Only 22% of respondents report that while projects still appear to be managed at the department level, there are links to the enterprise-wide priorities and goals.
For more insights on business intelligence and proactive, investigative reporting techniques, read SunGard's report, "Assessing Your Firm's Business Intelligence Maturity."
*SunGard polled 202 COOs, CIOs, CTOs, SVPs, VPs, directors and managers among financial services and energy companies in
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