Big Data and the Cloud 24 April 2012
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What is Business Intelligence (BI) Forrester's definition: Business intelligence is a set of methodologies, processes, architectures, and technologies that transform raw data into meaningful and useful information used to enable more effective strategic, tactical, and operational insight and decision-making.
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For us, this means...
• Communicating the education sector workforce story so that “non-technical people” can make strategic decisions informed by accurate data.
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In other words...
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Births in Alberta 55,000
50,000
45,000
40,000
35,000
30,000
Relative Stability In K-3 grades 5 yrs later (2007-2009)
Expect an Increase In K-3 grades 5 yrs later (2010-2015)
25,000
20,000 2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
2010
Anticipated K-12 Ten Year Growth by Region Zone 1
4,885
Zone 2/3
15.7%
Zone 4
34,764 8,021
Zone 5
Francophone
15.2%
Zone 6
15.2%
Francophone
23.8%
21.0% 13.7%
44,500 6,502 1,167
Projected K-12 Student Growth (2009/10 – 2019/20)
Growth will differ by grade (Alberta) 5yrs 240,000
K-3 220,000 20% Increase 34,816
200,000 180,000 160,000
10-12
140,000
4% Decrease -6,579
120,000
2020
2019
2018
2017
2016
2015
2014
2013
2012
2011
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
100,000
Total Hires Zone
2009/10 Hires
2019/20 Hires
2009/10-2019/20 Increase
AB All
4,257
5,584
31%
Francophone
110
132
Zone 1
318
403
1,875
2,186
Zone 4
325
507
Zone 5
1,307
2,083
Zone 6
323
410
Zone 2/3
20% 27% 17%
56% 59% 27%
Education’s Workforce Data Pyramid
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Sometimes, strange things happen...
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Sometimes, strange things happen...
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So what have we learned...
• Garbage in...garbage out • Humans need to validate the data • Stories must be driven by, and be meaningful to the business user • Business rules do matter • Data stories must be user-friendly and intuitive to read • We are learning our way forward... 13
More information...
• Mark Bevan mark.bevan@gov.ab.ca 780-644-3579
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