Business Intelligence Integration Strategy Development
M. D. Anderson is seeking to engage a professional services company to support the enhancement of its data management programs through accomplishment of the following scope components:
1.Provide an assessment of M. D. Anderson's Integration technologies (exclusive of web services) against industry standard practices including but not limited to the following:
a.Using extract, transform and load (ETL) technologies,
b.Using EII,
c.Using EAI,
d.Using Master Data Management (including Vocabularies and Ontologies),
e.Using Metadata Management, and
f.Using Business Intelligence (BI) Tools for data integration.
2.Develop a Business Intelligence integration strategy including best practices for the use of:
a.ETL,
b.EII,
c.Master Data Management (including Vocabularies and Ontologies),
d.Meta Data Management, and
e.BI Tools for data integration.
3.Recommend needed system development life cycle best practices and standard operating procedures for developing data integration objects within the Data Management Applications & Services (DMAS) Department (e.g., Informatica; Oracle; Essbase) through:
a.Assessing current DMAS department practices and make recommendations,
b.Assessing and recommend improvements to our current environment including potential use of blueprints or other SDLC templates, and
c.Reviewing the current staff model for integration.
4.Develop a blueprint for services for a new Integration Services team within the DMAS department, including the protocols for an Integration Center of Excellence.
5.Document any significant areas of exposure, control or risk that are specific to the DMAS organization and processes, including those components recommended as part of this engagement.
