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Stop deciding between lower costs or higher quality. 

With Clarity's services for global delivery, you really can have both.

BI is a multifaceted endeavor, and at least as much art as science. But the nuts and bolts of BI--data warehousing, data integration, OLAP, and reporting--are well understood. To date, companies have directed the bulk of their BI investments at core BI, and have established their architectures and applications.

Does it makes sense, then, to shift those elements of BI to a global delivery model? Clarity can help you answer this question for your organization.

Successful, results-generating BI does not happen through one project, but through a portfolio of them. It does not happen when led by IT, but by the business. It does not happen with input from one business function, but from several. And traditionally, global delivery works best when conditions are exactly the opposite.

Companies have indeed globalized their BI efforts in order to bring costs down, but with BI's multiple, overlapping workstreams and its dependence on the support of numerous constituencies, the results are often mixed at best. Though development can be more efficient, and internal resources can be freed for other tasks, the resulting BI can be limited to silos of usefulness. In worst-case global delivery scenarios, results can actually dip lower than they were beforehand. Yet it's difficult to find in-house BI development skills, or justify a long term partnership with onshore consultants.

Clarity addresses this dilemma with our global delivery services. We offer an offsite development and QA center, and we partner with systems integrators to provide offshore development and testing. But more than that, we bring a unique element to global delivery that's been missing from these implementations: we serve as a project manager and advocate, coordinating the range of BI projects in your portfolio, and instilling them with domain expertise and a focus on your distinctive business objectives.

With our global PM services, we do the following:

• Track your global delivery projects to ensure that their progress and deliverables meet the standards and objectives of your overall BI program, not just industry standards in general.
• Provide your business stakeholders with more visibility into, and more control over, your global delivery model.
• Evaluate the components of your BI program that can be delivered globally, and recommend best-fit partners.

If your current global delivery program lacks a champion for your specific goals, or if it simply needs better management and oversight, or if you've attempted global delivery in past with disappointing results, contact us today.