What do you do when all the “experts” have gone home? An experienced project team can quickly implement a project, but once they have gone who is left to manage the Business Intelligence environment?

Many organisations would like to use in-house personnel but do not always have the skills and experience to do so. An experienced Business Intelligence consultant can help your in-house team in many ways through team mentoring.

First of all, a team mentor can introduce IT personnel on the technicalities and architecture of the BI system. Roles such as administrator, modeller and developer can be identified and appropriate personnel recommended for them. Suitable training can be selected for these positions.

Mentoring is an excellent way to leverage your investment in Business Intelligence expertise. Trained staff can quickly gain in experience, being made aware of pitfalls earlier than they might otherwise, so significantly speeding up the learning curve. For example data modelling and report development techniques can be pointed out.

Using their in-house IT team and mentoring an IT manager can quickly create a team capable of deploying, administering and developing for a comprehensive Business Intelligence implementation.