Friday, March 8, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.

Where:

Racquet Club Ladue
1600 Log Cabin Lane
St. Louis, MO 63124
This event is free of charge and open to all interested BI/DW professionals. Breakfast will be provided.

8:00 - 8:30 a.m.

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Networking

8:30 – 9:00 a.m.

Opening Remarks
Paul Boal, Chapter President

9:00 - 9:50 a.m.

Session 1:
 " Improving Data Quality by Aligning the Producers and Consumers of Data "
By Sunil Soares
Founder and Managing Partner of Information Asset, LLC

Abstract:
The value that corporations reap from data can, if managed properly, help drive the business forward. How can companies rely on what is collected and exchanged to make decisions?  What assurance do companies have that, after expending precious resources and significant investment in information management, the resulting information will actually contribute to business performance and success? The answers to questions such as these all hinge on the quality of data.
We all have our own data quality war stories. Some departments produce data that others consume. Each department has its own parochial interests that may not be in sync with the rest of the enterprise. Successful data quality programs align the interests of the producers and consumers of data.
This session will discuss the following topics that can help drive data quality improvement:

• Sample business cases from the author's book "Selling Information Governance to the Business"
• Use of simple business process management techniques
• Identifying critical data elements
• Creating a data quality scorecard
• Aligning data stewards with the data quality scorecard
• Mapping data quality policies to business processes
• Leveraging RACI concepts to understand data ownership
• Emerging data quality imperatives around big data

9:50 - 10:20 a.m.

Networking Break

10:20 - 11:30 a.m.

Session2:
"Analytics Roundtable"
Including representatives from World Wide Technology, Mercy, Monsanto, and others

Abstract:
Decision makers at leading St Louis companies will be asked to discuss their experiences and views on analytics-related topics such as:

• Describing the value of analytics
• Models of engagement with solution providers (internal and external)
• Organization models
• Operationalizing and sharing insights
• Quality assurance
• Connection between business process and data
• What do current buzzwords (big data, data science) mean to you

11:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.

Raffles and Closing Remarks