Just Like Mom Said: Make Better Decisions!

In January 2015, Indiana University launched the Decision Support Initiative, with a clear goal of "improved decision-making" directed across eight campus locations. This session endeavors to review the strategic road traveled in building a fully functional analytics organization intended to change and improve one university's decision-making culture.

Outcomes: Understand the fundamental challenges and opportunities of building an analytics organization * Evaluate traditional analytic technologies vs emerging technological trends * Articulate the importance of BI as a partnership between university functional experts and business intelligence professionals