Services from Cognos Consulting
Mitigate Risk. Maximize Success.
Whether you're new to Cognos or a long-time user, Cognos Consulting is committed to delivering the business value of your Cognos solutions. With the help of Cognos Consulting you can mitigate risk; implement on-time, on-budget, and within scope; and minimize the time to benefit from your deployment.
Cognos Consulting views each customer engagement as a partnership. To each we bring a consistent approach: a shared vision of success; clear accountability; leadership; and constructive dialogue. In all engagements we connect you to success: whether you're deploying tactically over the short term, or strategically over the long.
Cognos Consulting has developed a range of offerings to meet all your needs. To each, we bring the right people, processes, and knowledge, including the Cognos Solutions Implementation Methodology (SIM).
| COGNOS MIGRATION SERVICE |
| SUCCESSFULLY MIGRATE TO COGNOS 8 BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE (BI) |
The Cognos Migration Service provides you with the assistance to move successfully from Cognos Series 7 and/or Cognos ReportNet to Cognos 8 BI. This service enables you to bring the benefits and powerful features of Cognos 8 BI to your current Cognos BI application by moving your existing reports and business rules forward.
This allows you to leverage your existing investment and is a key step in establishing a standardized Cognos 8 BI environment across your organization.
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| COGNOS CONVERSION SERVICE |
| CONVERT FROM OTHER BI SOFTWARE WITH EASE AND CONFIDENCE |
The Cognos Conversion Service provides you with the tools and guidance you need to convert your existing business intelligence (BI) applications to Cognos 8 BI. By leveraging our proven tools and the Cognos SIM, you will be able to quickly and cost-effectively standardize on the powerful Cognos 8 BI solution.
The Cognos Conversion Service includes:
- Free Conversion Estimate Services to scope your project
- Rapid Conversion Audit Services to define a detailed conversion plan
- Powerful Conversion Implementation Services to quickly execute your conversion process leveraging automation and offshore for maximum efficiency
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| COGNOS BICC SERVICE |
| ACCELERATING YOUR SUCCESS |
Cognos Consulting will help your BICC become a reality, accelerating your success, and adding value at each step of your endeavor. Our ultimate goal is to ensure that you are in a strong position to manage and maintain a solid BICC foundation that you can continue to enhance and develop to provide continual value to your organization.
Utilizing industry and subject matter expertise, coupled with lessons learned through assisting other clients with successful BICCs, Cognos Consulting will help you:
- Analyze, rationalize and answer questions to help you formulate your BICC vision and strategy
- Design the framework for your BICC and establish a "culture of best practices"
- Build and deploy your BICC
- Operate your BICC successfully
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| COGNOS APPLICATION SERVICE |
| ACCELERATE YOUR APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT AND ENSURE A HIGHER QUALITY OUTCOME |
The Cognos Application Service will take you through application development activities during the implementation of your Cognos solution. This includes those in the Analyze, Design, Build and Deploy phases of the Cognos SIM. The Go Forward Plan will provide you with tools to take you to the next level, including operation, future enhancements and applications.
Cognos can lead the application project, or fit into a larger development team. Regardless, we bring expertise and valuable tools to your effort.
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| COGNOS INSTALLATION SERVICE |
| GAIN THE FASTEST TIME TO SUCCESS WITH EXPERT CONSULTING SERVICES |
The Cognos Installation Service provides the expertise to get you to a complete initial software deployment in the fastest, most cost effective way possible. It draws on years of Cognos deployments, the Cognos SIM, and proven practices expertise learned from prior successful engagements.
This service includes five components needed to ensure a successful environment: installation planning, configuration, environment test, and knowledge transfer session.
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| COGNOS REVIEW SERVICE |
LEVERAGE THE EXPERTISE OF CERTIFIED CONSULTANTS
DURING THE MOST IMPORTANT POINTS OF YOUR IMPLEMENTATIONS |
During your path to successful Cognos implementations you may come to points during which Cognos expertise, recommendations, and proven practices can significantly reduce risk and uncertainty for your projects and uncover untapped potential. There may also be times when you prefer to have experienced guidance before moving on to a new phase in your project lifecycle. These are critical points leading to your success, and Cognos Consulting is here to help.
Common areas for review during the Cognos Review Service include a Technical Review, Application Review, and Operations Review.
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| COGNOS CLIENT MANAGEMENT SERVICE |
| YOUR PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT ADVISOR |
| No matter what specific projects are underway, you can expect your Cognos client management professional to collaborate with you to define your organization's performance management vision. Cognos client management professionals ensure the performance management vision is the focus of every Cognos project and project team. He or she will ensure that proven practices are followed and will work with your executive committees to promote the adoption of performance management solutions throughout the organization.
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| COGNOS PROJECT MANAGEMENT SERVICE |
| ORCHESTRATING YOUR PROJECT SUCCESS |
| You can expect your Cognos project management professional to be the key point of contact for deliverables and issues relating to your Cognos project. He or she will manage your Cognos project team and will advise your project leaders, as well as collaborate with all relevant partners on the project. The project management professional role includes: plan the project; communicate to project stakeholders; apply proven practices; manage the project; manage success; and manage the project lifecycle.
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| COGNOS pm2RAPID-SCORECARD SERVICE |
| TRANSFORMING BUSINESS STRATEGY INTO ACTION |
| Cognos and the pm2 team have combined forces to deliver an intensive program for senior executives that accelerates the scorecard process to overcome its single biggest hurdle — execution. The Cognos pm2Rapid-Scorecard Service is a 5-day workshop where our consultants work with you to highlight your strategic objectives and key indicators, evaluate your corporate resources, and set up a scorecard to initiate a performance management system.
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