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Cognos

We have a long and successful partnership with Cognos with a full staff of Certified professionals who are nearly all ex-Cognos and regarded as being the best in their field. We appreciate the market is competitive and this is reflected in our rate structure, but our differentiator is that we only offer the very best people who typically have a minimum of 10 years experience in the Cognos field. What price do you put on experience?

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Cognos Services

We were involved in the very first European build of a Cognos PowerPlay model and have stayed at the front end of market developments in the lead up to modern, web services architected, reporting, dashboards and analysis within Cognos 8.

Our Cognos planning implementation experience is rich, deep and underpinned by dozens of successful implementations on some of the largest and most complex Cognos Planning implementations to date. Artesian People have collaborated closely with Cognos, sharing experiences and have even been responsible for creating some of the Cognos Planning documentation you will find in the box!

Our in house Data Warehousing expertise is second to none, underpinned by dozens of successful implementations capitalising on the strengths of the Cognos Data Manager product. Artesian People are experts in the principles and practices of building resilient and highly performing data warehouses.

Performance Management requirements span a broad functional range including reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting and financial consolidation. Artesian People will translate these requirements into an architecture and design for a highly integrated Cognos 8 solution.

Design and Manage

Strategy Articulation. Your major challenge is aligning and communicating your strategy across the organisation. We use a proven approach, guiding you to provide a concise and validated articulation of your strategy and the metrics required to measure progress.

Project Initiation. Many projects fail before the first task has been placed in the project plan or the first line of code is written. Avoid this hurdle by allowing us to help you catalogue requirements, document the benefits, estimate the resources required and develop a business case or charter that is clearly understood across your IT and user teams

Governance and Competency. Key decisions at critical times on governance, ownership and funding are the key to the ongoing success of your project. Artesian People will help you understand the implications of these decisions and guide you through a series of workshops to define the right model for you.

Roadmap Development. Each part of your program needs to deliver value, show success yet be consistent within an overall vision and framework. Artesian people can help you create a clear roadmap which is a critical device for organising your resources, communicating the vision, avoiding the need for expensive re-work and gaining long-term commitment from all stakeholders.

Steering, Program and Project Management. Your project is likely to be a highly visible and complex undertaking. Artesian People have experience from literally hundreds of projects to help you to manage the risks, get the best from your resources to deliver an agreed scope within well defined constraints.

Build and Deliver

Reporting and Analysis. Artesian People have all the skills required to understand your underlying data assets and to help you translate these into meaningful information.

Reporting and Analysis with Cognos 8 Business Intelligence. We have a long and successful partnership with Cognos. We were involved in the very first European build of a Cognos PowerPlay model and have stayed at the sharp end all the way to the modern, web services architected, reporting, dashboards and analysis within Cognos 8. Our team of Cognos specialists, many former Cognos consultants are experienced and certified.

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting are vital components of performance management. Artesian People can help you to critically review these processes and implement applications that are collaborative, highly participative and will totally transform your planning and forecasting cycles.

Planning, Budgeting and Forecasting with Cognos 8 Planning. Our Cognos planning implementation experience is rich, deep and underpinned by dozens of successful implementations on some of the largest and most complex Cognos Planning implementations to date. Artesian People have collaborated closely with Cognos, sharing experiences and have even been responsible for some official Cognos Planning documentation.

Scorecards and Dashboards present an opportunity for the management team to monitor the things that are important. Artesian People will work with your decision makers to identify the key performance indicates and provide a high-level view of the business in an interactive, graphically intuitive and impactful set of scorecards or dashboards.

Data Warehousing is a rich and robust framework for combining data from a variety of sources into a single source of business information. It is also a highly specialised field requiring individuals with an understanding of data disciplines and how they can be used to deliver information. Artesian People are experts in the principles and practices of building resilient and highly performing data warehouses.

Data Architectures, Data Quality and Master Data Management. Your approach to data, quality and master data management are all part of the broader success of your performance management initiatives. Artesian People can apply their expertise to help you develop the right approach to providing high quality and consistent information across your performance management applications.

Solutions Architecture and Integration for Cognos 8 Performance Management. Performance Management requirements span a broad functional range including reporting, analysis, budgeting, forecasting and financial consolidation. Artesian People will translate these requirements into an architecture and design for a highly integrated Cognos 8 solution.

Operate and Maintain

Strategy Articulation. The keys to successful strategy execution are alignment and communication. Using a proven approach Artesian People will guide you through a process which will provide a concise and validated articulation of your strategy along with the metrics required to measure your progress.

Project Initiation. Poorly understood requirement is widely considered to be the most common causes of project failure. Artesian People will help you avoid this and get you started in the right direction. We will help you catalogue requirements, document the benefits, estimate the resources required and develop a business case or charter that is clearly understood across your IT and User teams.

Governance and Competency Centres. Businesses need to centralise the management of their Business Intelligence initiatives according to industry analyst Gartner. This requires key decisions on governance, ownership and funding and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Artesian will guide you through a series of workshops that will help you arrive at a model that will be right for your organisation.

Roadmap Development. Large and complex performance management programs need to deliver value, show success yet be consistent within an overall vision and framework. A roadmap is a critical device for organising your resources, communicating the vision, avoiding the need for expensive re-work and gaining long-term commitment from all stakeholders.

Steering, Program and Project Management. Modern Performance Management implementations are often highly visible and complex undertakings. The effective management of resources to deliver an agreed scope within well defined constraints including timescales has never been more critical. Artesian People have the experience of literally hundreds of projects to help you to manage the risks and deliver successfully.

Strategy Articulation. The keys to successful strategy execution are alignment and communication. Using a proven approach Artesian People will guide you through a process which will provide a concise and validated articulation of your strategy along with the metrics required to measure your progress.

Project Initiation. Poorly understood requirement is widely considered to be the most common causes of project failure. Artesian People will help you avoid this and get you started in the right direction. We will help you catalogue requirements, document the benefits, estimate the resources required and develop a business case or charter that is clearly understood across your IT and User teams.

Governance and Competency Centres. Businesses need to centralise the management of their Business Intelligence initiatives according to industry analyst Gartner. This requires key decisions on governance, ownership and funding and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Artesian will guide you through a series of workshops that will help you arrive at a model that will be right for your organisation.

Roadmap Development. Large and complex performance management programs need to deliver value, show success yet be consistent within an overall vision and framework. A roadmap is a critical device for organising your resources, communicating the vision, avoiding the need for expensive re-work and gaining long-term commitment from all stakeholders.

Steering, Program and Project Management. Modern Performance Management implementations are often highly visible and complex undertakings. The effective management of resources to deliver an agreed scope within well defined constraints including timescales has never been more critical. Artesian People have the experience of literally hundreds of projects to help you to manage the risks and deliver successfully.

Strategy Articulation. The keys to successful strategy execution are alignment and communication. Using a proven approach Artesian People will guide you through a process which will provide a concise and validated articulation of your strategy along with the metrics required to measure your progress.

Project Initiation. Poorly understood requirement is widely considered to be the most common causes of project failure. Artesian People will help you avoid this and get you started in the right direction. We will help you catalogue requirements, document the benefits, estimate the resources required and develop a business case or charter that is clearly understood across your IT and User teams.

Governance and Competency Centres. Businesses need to centralise the management of their Business Intelligence initiatives according to industry analyst Gartner. This requires key decisions on governance, ownership and funding and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Artesian will guide you through a series of workshops that will help you arrive at a model that will be right for your organisation.

Roadmap Development. Large and complex performance management programs need to deliver value, show success yet be consistent within an overall vision and framework. A roadmap is a critical device for organising your resources, communicating the vision, avoiding the need for expensive re-work and gaining long-term commitment from all stakeholders.

Steering, Program and Project Management. Modern Performance Management implementations are often highly visible and complex undertakings. The effective management of resources to deliver an agreed scope within well defined constraints including timescales has never been more critical. Artesian People have the experience of literally hundreds of projects to help you to manage the risks and deliver successfully.

Strategy Articulation. The keys to successful strategy execution are alignment and communication. Using a proven approach Artesian People will guide you through a process which will provide a concise and validated articulation of your strategy along with the metrics required to measure your progress.

Project Initiation. Poorly understood requirement is widely considered to be the most common causes of project failure. Artesian People will help you avoid this and get you started in the right direction. We will help you catalogue requirements, document the benefits, estimate the resources required and develop a business case or charter that is clearly understood across your IT and User teams.

Governance and Competency Centres. Businesses need to centralise the management of their Business Intelligence initiatives according to industry analyst Gartner. This requires key decisions on governance, ownership and funding and there is no one-size-fits-all approach. Artesian will guide you through a series of workshops that will help you arrive at a model that will be right for your organisation.

Roadmap Development. Large and complex performance management programs need to deliver value, show success yet be consistent within an overall vision and framework. A roadmap is a critical device for organising your resources, communicating the vision, avoiding the need for expensive re-work and gaining long-term commitment from all stakeholders.

Steering, Program and Project Management. Modern Performance Management implementations are often highly visible and complex undertakings. The effective management of resources to deliver an agreed scope within well defined constraints including timescales has never been more critical. Artesian People have the experience of literally hundreds of projects to help you to manage the risks and deliver successfully.



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