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Business Intelligence Council

The Business Intelligence Council (BIC) is a University-wide group of administrators who have made significant commitments to driving the success of BI on campus. Its members have substantial backgrounds in the following areas: using multiple sources of central and local administrative information to support improved decision making; monitoring operational performance; and enhancing financial and operational controls in their units.

Newly formed, the BIC initially will focus on developing a tight network of people who are actively involved in BI at U-M. This network, called the Business Intelligence Community of Experts (BICE), will strengthen relationships between schools and colleges, MAIS and central offices.

After the BICE is in place, its participants will collaborate with the BIC to provide forums for BI users to share their expertise and experience with others. The BI Council also will help to enable BI users on campus by:

• Working with communication groups to inform and advise them of BI activities and opportunities to promote BI awareness.
• Collaborating with MAIS and BI users to establish a support and training network for BI users.
• Helping MAIS and central offices collect and share the University's BI body of knowledge.
• Acting as an advocate for BI user needs and data completeness.
• Sharing BI experiences and future plans with the wider community.
• Identifying cross-campus collaboration opportunities with existing groups and organizations.

Recommendations made in the Advisors of Information Management Strategy (AIMS) Strategic Plan led to the establishment of the Council as part of an effort to foster a Business Intelligence Competency Community. The BIC represents users at every level which access all types of administrative information with a focus on providing management information to deans, directors and executive officers.

Related Links

• Charge for BIC [PDF]
• BIC Members
• BICE [PDF]
• Application for BICE participation

Contact Information

If you have questions, comments, or suggestions for the BIC, please send them to bi.inform@umich.edu.