ASSIGNMENT

DRIVE SPRING 2018

PROGRAM MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION (MBA)
SEMESTER III
SUBJECT CODE & NAME ISM304 – BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE TOOLS
BOOK ID B2043
CREDIT & MARKS 4 CREDIT, 30 MARKS EACH SET

Note – The Assignment is divided into 2 sets. You have to answer all questions in both sets.
Average score of both assignments scored by you will be considered as your IA score. Kindly
note that answers for 10 marks questions should be approximately of 400 words.

SET – I

Q. No Questions Marks Total

Marks
1 Write short note on the types of approaches for Development of Business Intelligence
Solutions and Differentiate between Waterfall & Agile Approach
a) Short note on the types of approaches for Development of 7 10
Business Intelligence Solutions
b) Difference between Waterfall & Agile Approach 3
2 There are different types of roles in a programme team. Explain each.
Roles in BI Programme team. 10 10
3 OLAP is a technology that is used to analyse data stored at different network locations
or data warehouses. Explain its Characteristics and types.
a) Characteristics of OLAP 5 10
b) Types of OLAP 5

Set – II

Q. Questions Marks Total

No Marks
1 Business intelligence (BI) is a process by which an organisation analyses raw data so
that it can take informed decisions about its future in a timely manner. Explain the keys
to ensure success of BI in organisations
The keys to ensure success of BI in organisations 10 10
2 Elaborate on the Business Intelligence (BI) applications in Finance
Business Intelligence (BI) applications in Finance 10 10
3 Business intelligence tools are software programs and applications that are used for
comprehensive and detailed data analysis. Explain the “Tools supporting information
integration capability” and “Tools supporting presentation capability”.
a) Tools supporting information integration capability 5 10
b) Tools supporting presentation capability 5