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Big Data and the Cloud

Big Data and the Cloud. 24 April 2012. What is Business Intelligence (BI). Forrester's definition:

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Big Data and the Cloud

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  1. Big Data and the Cloud 24 April 2012

  2. What is Business Intelligence (BI) Forrester's definition: Business intelligence is a set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information used to enable more effective strategic, tactical, and operational insight and decision-making.

  3. For us, this means... • Communicating the education sector workforce story so that “non-technical people” can make strategic decisions informed by accurate data.

  4. In other words...

  5. Births in Alberta Relative Stability In K-3 grades 5 yrs later (2007-2009) Expect an Increase In K-3 grades 5 yrs later (2010-2015)

  6. Anticipated K-12 Ten Year Growth by Region 15.7% 15.2% 15.2% Francophone 23.8% Projected K-12 Student Growth (2009/10 – 2019/20) 21.0% 13.7%

  7. Growth will differ by grade(Alberta) 5yrs 20% Increase 34,816 4% Decrease -6,579

  8. Total Hires

  9. Education’s Workforce Data Pyramid

  10. Sometimes, strange things happen...

  11. Sometimes, strange things happen...

  12. So what have we learned... • Garbage in...garbage out • Humans need to validate the data • Stories must be driven by, and be meaningful to the business user • Business rules do matter • Data stories must be user-friendly and intuitive to read • We are learning our way forward...

  13. More information... • Mark Bevan mark.bevan@gov.ab.ca 780-644-3579

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