Live Webinar August 14th, 2012, 8:00 am – 9:00 am EDT or
Live Webinar August 14th, 2012, 11:00 am – 12:00 pm EDT
Duration:1 hour Webcast + Q & A – Up to 1 Category C PDU – Free PDU
Hosted By: Gartner Webinars

Big Data is rapidly becoming a recognized market term for the growth in the volume of data in organizations. Understanding how to use Pattern-Based Strategy to seek, model and adapt to patterns contained in big data will be a critical IT and business skill.

Business leaders have traditionally focused structured data seeking efforts on answering two questions:

1. What happened and …
2. Why did it happen.

For the most part, investments in BI delivered reports that helped in this area.

But …… Business leaders are asking new questions:

1. What is happening right now,
2. What is likely to happen and …
3. What events could affect the future.

Technology exists and more is emerging to help with these new questions. By connecting technology to business leaders needs, there is an opportunity for CIO’s to take a more entrepreneurial role in business.

Discussion Topics:

• The Quest for (and Value of) Better Insight and Information
• Understanding the Business Opportunity of Information
• Why IT and Business Leaders Should Act Now

Presenter: RoxaneEdjlali, Research Director

PDU Category C documentation details:

Process Groups: Planning Executing

Knowledge Areas: 4 – Integration 5 – Scope 6 – Time

• 4.3 Direct and Manage Project Execution
• 5.2 Define Scope
• 6.5 Develop Schedule

As a Category C, ‘Self Directed Learning’, activity remember to document your learning experience and its relationship to project management for your ‘PDU Audit Trail Folder.’

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