Build Your Analytics Center of Excellence

97.3 percent of those at the Master level of AQ maturity have a center of excellence

This finding from AQ survey results indicates a strong correlation between an Analytics Center of Excellence (ACE) and improved performance.

What is an ACE? It’s a team of people with analytics expertise – whether with structured or virtual reporting relationships -- that manages an organization’s analytics strategy, program and technologies.

Groups within your organization may already show improved results from using analytics. You can extend the reach of analytics – in a systematic, sustainable way – through an ACE.

IBM has experience working with hundreds of organizations in setting up ACEs.

Why is an ACE essential?

The answer is simple. An ACE:

• Maximizes the quality, efficiency and application of analytics across all lines of business, resulting in greater confidence and consistency in decision-making
• Leads to a higher success rate for business analytics deployments, delivering more value at less cost and in less time
• Drives end user adoption, leading to a smoother path to improved outcomes
• Provides a formal organizational structure, enabling your organization to strike the right balance between agility and sound management in deploying analytics technologies
• Eliminates the gap between Business and IT, improving time-to-market and responsiveness to change

5 Keys to Business Analytics Program Success
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