Competency Name: Business Intelligence (BI)

This competency refers to the ability of an employee in Business Intelligence area, which spans across Data Integration, Data
BroadDefinition: Warehousing, Data Management, Analytics and Corporate Performance Management.
Criteria E0 E1 E2 E3 E4
I Criteria for defining
proficiency vis--vis
knowledge & skills

1.Precondition Should have E0 level of Should have BI - E0 level Should have BI E1 Should have BI E2 Should have BI E3 level
[ Expressed as a prerequisite - proficiency in RDBMS. of proficiency. level of proficiency. level of proficiency. of proficiency.
in terms of academic OR
qualification AND / OR industry Should have minimum 6 Should have minimum 2
experience (whichever is months of overall IT years of experience in one
applicable) AND / OR relevant experience. industry domain.
knowledge in any other
competency.
2. Knowledge
[Expressed as Area of
knowledge and not skill,
includes knowledge of process,
methodologies, concepts and
tools.]
3. Experience
[Expressed as duration in
months / years wrt exposure,
including breadth & the depth of
assignments; also beyond
project experience]
Should have basic Should have knowledge Should have knowledge Should know how to Should have expertise in
knowledge of BI Concepts of entire BIDS Solution of design and basic architect minimum 2 any one of the Industry
and BIDS Solutions. for BI. architecting of any BI suites of BI products. Domains.
product.
Should know how to use Should have knowledge Should have in depth Should have in depth
Knowmax and be aware of of effort estimation Should have knowledge knowledge of knowledge of xBIDS
its features. templates and of atleast 1 entire suite infrastructure / sizing Solutions.
procedures for at least 1 of BI products. estimation templates.
BI product. Should have knowledge of
Should have in depth Should have in depth solutioning across multiple
Should have knowledge knowledge of effort knowledge of BIDS BI suites of products.
of development, estimation templates. Solutions.
exception handling Should have knowledge of
concepts for at least 1 BI Should have knowledge BI Consulting activities.
product. of Infrastructure
Estimation / Sizing.
Should have knowledge
of Product licensing
models and
components.
Should have knowledge
of the usability of BI
assets in project
lifecycle (Templates for
Requirements gathering,
Testing, Estimation,
Design etc.)
3.1 Type of project
experience
[Includes 'type' in the form of
implementation, end-to-end
project, support, roll outs,
upgrades, professional
services, consulting
engagements AND / OR the
Number of projects AND / OR
Time spent on the project ( for
eg., 3 consulting projects of
minimum 6 months duration ; 1
roll out project of at least 18
months]
Should have worked for Should have minimum 2 Should have worked for Should have led minimum
minimum 1 year on 1 years BI project minimum 3 years in BI 1 BI solution consulting or
development/support experience projects. 1 large scale (>50
project using at least 1 associates or > 5M USD)
BI tool. Should have minimum 6 Should have led BI end-to-end solution
months of BI design minimum 1 BI project implementation
Should have participated experience. from technical solutioning engagement.
in at least 1 end to end perspective.
implementation or Should have participated
project roll out cycle in requirement gathering Should have led
using a BI. for BI projects. minimum 1 BI consulting
engagement.
Should have participated
in at least 2 BI
implementations or
project roll out cycles.
Should have performed
internal technical
consultancy on BI for
minimum 1 project.
3.2 Beyond project
development experience
[Includes
[1) Solutioning of proposals
2) Reviews done
3) No. of contributions made to
trainings/training material]
4. Asset Creation
[Expressed as any reusable
and deployable assets created
in the knowledge management
system of the organization]
4.1 Process frameworks
defined
[Articulated as the process
improvement designed OR a
new process framework
designed]
4.2 Tool creation
[Expressed as a system or
function tool designed OR
created towards improving
business delivery / learning]
Should have participated Should have participated Should have worked on Should have worked with
in 1 review (IQA) per in minimum 1 design minimum 4 BI proposals. Strategic Partners and
quarter for BI technology. review for BI technology. Independent Market
Should have led Analysts such as Gartner,
Should have conducted Should have conducted minimum 1 BI design IDC and Forrester.
minimum 1 training on BI minimum 1 training on review per half-year
Concepts or any BI BI Developer or any BI across multiple projects. Should have conducted
product for E0 level of product for E1 level of minimum 1 internal and
proficiency. proficiency Should have conducted external workshop on BI.
minimum 1 training on BI
Should have provided Designer or any BI Should have conducted
technical support (High product at E2 level of minimum 1 training on BI
level solution /Approach proficiency. Architect or any BI product
note etc) to minimum 4 at E3 level of proficiency.
proposals in a financial Should have reviewed 2
year. Knowmax assets. Should have contributed to
Thought Leadership in BI
Should have represented through a Solution or
TCS' BI Capabilities in Training assets or
client meetings/proposal Consulting.
meetings/seminars etc.
Should have created
/enhanced minimum 1
process framework /
solution for BI.
Should have created / Should have created /
enhanced at least 2 enhanced at least 2 BI
design /architecture/ design /architecture/
estimation/ process estimation/ process
templates in BI. templates specific to an
industry or functional
domain.
4.3 Reusable & deployable
assets created
[Expressed as reusable and
deployable assets created (like
those in Mighty & Knowmax]
OR
No. of training material
created
[Expressed as the number of
relevant training material
created towards development
of a particular body of
knowledge or skill]
5. Industry contribution
[Expressed as the contributions
made to the industry.This
criteria should be measured by
mechanisms for eg: TCS
GEMS]
5.1 Recognized by Peers
[Expressed as the recognition
given by the peer community
and should be measured by
appropriate mechanism such
as TCS GEMS]
AND/OR
Should have prepared Should have prepared Should have prepared Should have authored at
minimum 1 case profile / minimum 2 case profile / minimum 1 case profile / least 1 white paper / article
lessons learnt / review lessons learnt / review best practices/ relevant to BI per half year
checklist / reusable checklist / design review presentations/
component relevant to checklist / help capabilities document
BI. document /reusable relevant to BI per quarter
component relevant to
BI. Should have authored at
least 1 white paper /
article relevant to BI per
year
Should have Should have Should have Should have
created/updated E0 created/updated E1 created/updated E2 created/updated E3
training materials training materials training materials training materials
(minimum 1 (minimum 1 (minimum 1 (minimum 1
module/section) for BI or module/section) for BI or module/section) for BI or module/section) for BI or BI
BI specific products BI specific products BI specific products specific products
Should have contributed Should have contributed Contribute to BIPM
to the creation of BI to the creation of BI E2 Competency Management
E0/E1 certification tests certification tests and Program specific to
and assessment assessment exercises industries.
exercises (minimum 1 (minimum 1
module/section). module/section).
Should have contributed Should have contributed Should be known as a
at least 2 times in a at least 5 times in a prime contributor in BI
quarter to BI quarter to BI communities through
communities through communities through Knowmax.
Knowmax. Knowmax.
Recognized by a Parent Body Should be recognised as Should be recognised as
[Expressed as the contribution an SME in BI an SME Champion in BI
recognized by a renowned and communities through communities through
recognized parent body] Knowmax. Knowmax.

AND/OR
Invited as Speakers Should have participated Should get invited as Key
[Expressed as recognition from in at least 1 conference note speaker to at least 1
an external body when it in the BI technology. conference in the relevant
extends an invitation to the industry domain.
speaker to address a
recognized forum]

II Assessment / Evaluation
Methodology vis--vis
Proficiency Level
1. Certification
[Expressed as achievement of
external programs - certifying a
part of the proficiency level,
Achievement of internal
programs - internal trainings
attended]
2. Evaluation Test Should have successfully Should have successfully Should have Should have successfully Should have successfully
[Expressed as a certification cleared internal E0 - BI cleared internal E1 BI successfully cleared cleared internal E3 BI completed a Multi rater
the individual has to achieve test. test. internal E2 BI test. test. assessment through
towards the said proficiency Industry Solution Panel.
level. (for eg.,Type of tests for Should have acquired Should have aquired Should have successfully
each proficiency should be any basic product any advanced product completed a multi rater
defined-like for E0 level it will certification provided by certification provided by assessment through a
be only self assessment, for E1 Vendor. Vendor. Technology Solution
it should be panel review etc)] Panel.
 Version History
Project Details:
Unit: BIPM Services
Parent Project: Technology Excellence Group
Project Owner/GL: Kamlesh Mhashilkar (102250)

Amendment History:
Version Defined By - Role & Group Approved By - Role & Group Date Remarks
1.0 Suwarna Patki BO CoE Lead (TEG) Kamlesh Mhashilkar Head, BIPM Services October 7,2008
(123711) (102250) (TEG)