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Implementing a new software solution is often the “quick fix” way that organizations react to the changing requirements and demands of today’s fast-paced world. However, for many organizations, the initiative often falls short of its intended goals. By neglecting to implement from the onset a comprehensive tool evaluation phase, organizations often find themselves caught in the heterogeneous mud of a multi-tool environment with poor return on investments (ROI). To avoid costly and futile expenditures in Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence (DW/BI) tools, Adastra has established a DW/BI tool selection methodology, which can help you confidently select optimal tools for your current and future requirements.
Challenge
Selecting a tool may seem like an easy task, but the actual tool evaluation and selection process has its own unique demands and challenges. Ensuring your organization selects the most suitable DW/BI tool for its needs requires a comprehensive evaluation of all eligible tools. However, this process is a resource-intensive one, calling for input from IT professionals as well as from senior decision makers. Additionally, all requirements must be identified in advance in order to guarantee the desired ROI. Expertise in requirements gathering will help organizations reach an educated decision.
Solution
Adastra’s hands-on experience and extensive knowledge in designing, developing, and implementing DW/BI solutions has enabled us to develop a proven methodology that evaluates different DW/BI tools in a very short time frame, with minimal disruption to your resources. We can help you to find tools for:
- Supporting new requirements out of the Greenfield;
- Standardizing redundant tools; and
- Replacing old generations of tools.
Through our specialization in DW and BI solutions we are able to recommend the most suitable tools for your organization which can result in a high ROI.
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Adastra provides Tool Selection for:
- Databases, Data Warehouses, and DBMS
- ETL and Data Integration Platforms
- BI Tools (Query Reporting, Analysis, Dashboards, Scorecards, etc.)
- Data Profiling, Data Quality, Data Mining, Customer Data Management, and Metadata Management Tools
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Our approach is based on Data Warehousing best practices and focuses on the following:
- Identifying requirements
- Prioritizing the evaluation criteria
- Rating the evaluation criteria
- Scoring the eligible solutions
- Piloting the optimal solutions
- Conducting product contests/“bake offs”
We have a verified pool of important evaluation criteria and specific ratings for each, which can be customized to your organization’s needs. At the end of each evaluation process, your organization will be positioned to select the most suitable tool based on the scores and your experiences during the pilot. Through our objective experience and vendor neutral perspective, we can guarantee your organization the best fitting DW/BI tool selection with small investments in time and money and a high ROI.