elementary™ methodology

element61 is a learning organisation. Through the shared experience
of our consultants and customers, we constantly strive to deliver more
efficient project implementations.
elementary™ deals with all of the below key aspects of project success:
·· communication: enable your organization to communicate
partners in
needs and concerns in a formal & informal way

To that purpose we have developed our own methodology elementary™,
which combines the best elements from proven industry practices, real-
world lessons learnt and leading project methodologies.
performance
·· quality: design and build it right, the first time
·· change management: support processes that make sure your
organization can deal with changing environments & processes
·· knowledge transfer: involve your business and technical users so

management
they become self-supporting before the project is deployed
Having a methodology will not only streamline and standardize project
·· risk management: provide you with best practices to manage
delivery, but it also addresses some of your key customer concerns.
the project’s exposure to risk (in a cost effective way)

In summary, elementary™ is our way to ensure repeatable success.

passion for
Initiate Analyse Specify Build Test Deploy Evaluate performance
Project Management management
Change Management
element61 is the thought-leading Performance Management
and Business Intelligence consulting company in the Belgian
marketplace. element61 has the ambition to bring together the most
experienced team in Performance Management. Founded in March 2007,
the company has grown to about 30 senior consultants with -in average-
8 years of experience in PM & BI, serving over 20 blue chip customers.
element61 firmly believes in the convergence of Business Intelligence
and Corporate Performance Management (Financial Analytical
Applications) into a single concept and market place of Performance
element61 contact details Management. element61 acts as a Center of Excellence that has both
the capacity and the quality large organizations require to successfully
For more information, please contact: implement Performance Management. element61 has skills, competence
centers and relationships with all leading vendors of Performance
Alain Van Hove • mobile: +32 476 200 881 • alain.vanhove@element61.be
Stijn Vermeulen • mobile: +32 477 788 033 • stijn.vermeulen@element61.be Management software including IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and
SAS but puts the customer first in defining PM architectures
or visit our extensive website with insights, research papers, blog, book reviews & useful links at www.element61.be that deliver business value across technology platforms.
The element61 team makes the difference through the quality and
experience, combined business and technical skills and broad range of
industry and technology backgrounds of our consultants. Our focus
is on developing long-term relationships and partnerships with both
our customers and employees. Through innovation and knowledge
sharing, we strive to be recognized as the thought leader in our field,
thus becoming the reference for customers and employees alike. During
our projects, we focus on transferring our learning and knowledge to
the customer, but we also learn from them. We continue -as a company
and as individuals- to strive and invest in even becoming better.
element61 helps companies define and execute BI & CPM strategies and
their individual milestones. Our projects deliver tangible business benefits
and allow companies to better understand past and present performance,
and manage future performance. Our focus is on delivering the best value
for money to our customers. We believe quality & experience cannot be
compensated by sheer quantity in man days. We are partners in your
projects and are “in it together”, whether this is from definition to execution,
or in any step or phase where you can use some coaching or help.
element61 has a particular focus on and experience in working with
senior executives of the Top 100 companies of the Belgian economy and
the European and international Headquarters based in Belgium.
competences
Performance Management Strategic Consulting
Business Intelligence and Corporate Performance Management are
crucial elements in achieving corporate objectives and managing
execution of strategy. Furthermore, insights gained from BI and
CPM will also influence corporate strategy and make management
decide to make changes to it. Our performance management experts
can guide you in defining the processes, metrics, technologies and
architectures that will help you track your performance and benefit
from the promise of automated Performance Management.
element61 offers a whole range of Strategic Consulting services that
help organizations in defining their Performance Management journey :
•• assessment of where the organization is in terms of existing
initiatives in BI & CPM through a Performance Management
audit
•• definition of a new or revised vision and strategy for
Performance Management
•• definition of an iterative implementation process and Performance
Management Roadmap through 3 to 6 months projects with
individual milestones, but keeping the long term goal in mind
•• definition of the Performance Management Architecture in
terms of underlying data warehouse architecture, data-modeling,
data integration, data quality, flows of data between BI & CPM
components, integrated meta & masterdata and so on …
•• definition of new processes to govern Performance
Management within the organization and integrate Performance
Management in ICT Governance, data governance and even
Corporate Governance
•• assistance in the creation of a physical or virtual team that will
define and implement Performance Management through the
set-up of a Business Intelligence Competence Center (BICC) or
Performance Management Competence Center (PMCC)
•• definition and implementation of a Performance Management
Methodology and associated metrics to manage the portfolio of
PM projects and individual projects in a structured and coherent
way through reusable templates, terminology, phases, milestones,
documentation & deliverables
•• assistance in definition and execution of Performance
Management Portfolio Management & Project Management
and definition of metrics to monitor the Performance Management
program execution & success
•• Coaching, training and mentoring of management and
team members part of the Performance Management initiatives
within the company on the concepts of Business Intelligence and
Corporate Performance Management
Functional Performance Management Expertise
Having worked with most of the leading BI and CPM software tools, •• Corporate Performance Management architectural choices, knowledge transfer, performance tuning, audits or
element61 experts share a vast amount of functional experience in the upgrading & migration.
automation of Performance Management & Business Intelligence. This ·· Planning, Budgeting & Forecasting
makes us your ideal partner to help you match the specific needs of your ·· Customer Profitability Modeling & Activity Based Costing /
organisation with what is feasible given your own timelines, budgets, We continuously invest in staying up-to-date in terms of technologies,
Management
organisation & ICT architecture. Based on this feasibility analysis, we can product roadmaps & vendor strategies, in a space which is still rapidly
help you scope, plan, design and implement Business Intelligence, Data ·· Consolidation & Management / Financial Reporting evolving in terms of solutions (SOA architectures, product integration in
Warehousing & Corporate Performance Management projects & programs. Performance Management suites) and due to the mergers & acquisitions
•• Data Warehousing resulting in changes in product strategies and portfolio.
This functional expertise - tool & technology independent advice on best
practices - exists in the following domains : ·· Data Integration & Extraction, Transformation & Loading
·· Data Cleansing & Data Quality
Interim Performance Management
•• Strategy Management & Scorecarding ·· Data Governance
·· Analytic Applications & standard content element61 offers the full range of BI & PM services and key people
•• Business Intelligence ·· Metadata-management required to successfully implement your Business Intelligence, data
warehousing or Corporate Performance Management projects and
·· Dashboarding ·· Master Data Management programs. Our consultants, ranging from high-level strategists over project
·· Online analytic processing & OLAP (physical & in-memory) managers up to implementation and technical specialists, combined with
our methodology elementary™ will give you the necessary resources
·· Managed & Operational Reporting
Technology Competence Centers to achieve both your long term vision and short-term project deadlines
·· Mobile Business Intelligence in Performance Management, whether it be for complete projects or
·· Business Activity Monitoring & Alerting and Notification temporary assignments & interim management.
Our technology competence centers around IBM Cognos, SAP
·· Advanced Analytics & Datamining
Business Objects, Microsoft, Oracle Hyperion and SAS Institute
·· Analytical CRM / Customer Intelligence specialize in best practice design & implementation of the BI & CPM As a result, our experienced consultants are well-positioned to -on a
·· Risk Management components of the Performance Management Suites. We can assist temporary basis- become part of your teams or even lead your BICC and
·· Fraud Detection both in end-to-end implementation or in individual initiatives like PMCC teams whilst you are recruiting for the permanent positions.
elementary™ performance management model
element61 advisory, implementation & interim services are organised by the building blocks of the elementary Performance
Management model. Based on an organisations’ Vision & Strategy, we can help to conceptually define the Performance Management
Vision, Strategy, Roadmap, Architecture, Organisation, Methodology, Processes & Governance. As our fundamental belief is that
Performance Management will not succeed without automation, an important part of our competencies are centered around
implementing the main components of the leading Performance Management technologies. element61 has skills, competence
centers and relationships with all leading vendors of Performance Management software including IBM, Microsoft, Oracle, SAP and
SAS but puts the customer first in defining PM architectures that deliver business value across technology platforms.