The Controlling unit is responsible for the implementation of the project Business Intelligence Competence Centre (BICC) which is funded as part of the Excellence Strategy of the German Federal and State Governments.
BICC
A Business Intelligence Competence Centre (BICC) is a cross-functional team that has defined roles, responsibilities, tasks and processes for advancing the effective use of Business Intelligence (BI) across an organisation. A BICC coordinates relevant activities and resources to ensure that a fact-based approach to decision making is systematically implemented throughout an organisation. It administers the governance structure for BI as well as the required analytical programmes, projects, practices, software and architecture. It improves the Data Literacy in the organisation and supports its members in taking strategic decisions by providing the necessary competencies, plans and priorities by using BI and analytical software.
(Strange/Hostmann 2003; Miller et al. 2006; Gansor/Totok 2015)
Using integrated systems and automated processes, the BICC will increase data collection and preparation efficiency, thereby reducing the burden of routine work and manual data management that supports data-driven decision-making processes at all organisational levels.
Goals
- Increase efficiency in fulfilling internal and external reporting duties using integrated systems and automated processes
- Support data-driven decision-making processes at all organisational levels and the early identification of strategic challenges
Achievements
Establishment of the Controlling Data Portal as self-service BI for all employees of the University of Konstanz, with more than 800 registered users.
Offer of regular training courses in order to enable employees across the university to make data-based decisions in their respective performance areas.
More than 400 reports available in the Controlling Data Portal. The service is continuously extended according to the demand of the users.
Most of the data-based reporting of the university is co-ordinated and implemented by the BICC: official statistics, annual report of the Rector, monitoring reports as part of the university’s quality assurance system.
The BICC team attends to ad hoc requests for data and analysis using the Controlling Data Portal as well as external data sources.
Development of tools and processes for the continuous improvement of data quality in close co-operation with the respective administrative departments.