What are the options? Case Studies
Case Studies
This resource includes two sorts of Case Study.
Where vendors have provided Case Studies, or where we have been able to download vendor case studies from their websites, we include these, with a brief index. These are commercial case studies, designed to encourage you to select one vendor's system and services. Individually, they include useful concepts and ideas.
We have also prepared some composite, 'generic' case studies. These illustrate different paths to a successful BI system. (In a few cases they illustrate paths that do not lead to fully successful BI implementations.) These generic case studies present stories, showing how different drivers and institutional choices can lead to the next stage in the BI Maturity model.
While the generic case studies have been informed by discussions with HE & FE institutions and with vendors, each case study is a composite of different institutions and different vendors. Any resemblance to real persons or organisations is purely coincidental.
The purpose of these generic case studies is to show that there is no 'single, correct path' to BI; there is no 'perfect BI solution'. There are many paths to many solutions; you need to find the route for your institution.
We also wish to illustrate that BI is not something that can be done to you or for you. You cannot just purchase a BI system off the shelf or out of the box. A successful BI implementation requires hard work, thought and difficult decisions on the part of each institution.
