Business Intelligence Initiative

Initiative Manager Leonard Nottingham, VEAP (804) 380-8441
Leonard.Nottingham@veap.virginia.gov or BICCINFO@veap.virginia.gov

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Frequently Asked Questions

VEAP's Definition for Business Intelligence

Business Intelligence (BI) is the catalyst for making good management decisions. BI is key to maintaining our excellent management reputation. BI enables “knowledge workers” to convert raw data first to information and then to actionable knowledge that management can use to make right decisions. BI includes not just reporting and ad–hoc queries, but also data analysis (including dashboards, scorecards, forecasting, etc.) as well as data management.

The benefits of BI include:

• improved access to information,
• improved communication,
• more reliable data,
• higher performing reporters / analysts,
• better analysis and
• simplified data sharing.

VEAP Business Intelligence Initiative

The Business Intelligence Initiative (BII) is a collaborative effort among Executive Branch agencies and the Virginia Enterprises Applications Program (VEAP). As part of this initiative, the Commonwealth envisions standardizing a BI toolset for information delivery and analysis for Executive Branch agencies. There are currently a number of different business intelligence tools and capabilities used within agencies. It is the goal of the BI initiative, over time, for agencies throughout the Commonwealth to adopt and use the standard BI tools. Click here for more details on the BII vision.

Objectives of the VEAP Business Intelligence Initiative

The key objectives for the BI Initiative are as follows:

1. Coordinate efforts to select BI toolset with capabilities to meet Commonwealth and agency BI needs
2. Develop and publish policy that establishes BI toolset as a standard
3. Establish a VITA hosted environment suitable for agency BI deployments
4. Establish a BI Center of Excellence (the Business Intelligence Competency Center (BICC)) that

• assists agencies with specific BI efforts (e.g., coordinating training, providing developer/analyst resources and sharing information gleaned from BI toolset use) and
• provides a governance model for the use of the BI toolset
5. Create an awareness of and an understanding about the BI Initiative
6. Deliver BI implementations for two agencies within eight (8) months of BI RFP award