PiQuant Signal™

Analytics Advisory Service

Align analytics investments to business outcomes. We design the decisions, metrics, and operating model that analytics must support — before any tool configuration begins.

The Framework

PiQuant Signal™

The Decision Intelligence Design Framework

"Identify the signals that should run the business." — Most BI failures are not technical failures — they are decision-design failures.

PiQuant Signal™ ensures analytics initiatives start with decision architecture, not report development — preventing tool-led implementations and failed adoption.

1 SCAN
2 STRUCTURE
3 SYNTHESIZE
4 SEQUENCE
Decision Map Value Tree KPI Contract Governance Blueprint Intelligence Roadmap
Service 01

Analytics Strategy Advisory

Align analytics investments to business outcomes and prevent tool-driven implementations

Typical Client Problems

  • "We bought a BI tool but adoption is low"
  • Competing reporting platforms with no single source of truth
  • IT owns data, business doesn't trust it
  • Executive dashboards unused and outdated
  • No clear ROI from analytics spend

What We Deliver

Analytics Vision & Roadmap

  • Current state maturity assessment
  • Stakeholder interview workshops
  • Use-case prioritization & value realization mapping
  • Platform rationalization (Power BI vs FDI vs OAC vs Domo etc.)
  • 12–24 month analytics roadmap

Operating Model Design

  • Centralized vs federated vs data product model
  • Business vs IT ownership structure
  • Intake & prioritization process
  • Funding model (project vs product)

Business Case & ROI Framework

  • Adoption KPIs
  • Cost avoidance / productivity metrics
  • Decision velocity metrics
  • Reporting retirement plan
Analytics Maturity Scorecard Target Operating Model Roadmap & Investment Plan Governance Charter
Service 02

Data Governance & Trust Framework

Make people trust the data enough to stop exporting to Excel

Typical Client Problems

  • "My numbers don't match finance"
  • 10 different definitions of revenue across the organization
  • Shadow metrics proliferating in spreadsheets
  • Analysts recreating logic from scratch every time

What We Deliver

Governance Structure

  • Data owner & steward roles definition
  • Decision authority model
  • KPI certification workflow

Metric Standardization

  • KPI catalog with business definitions
  • Source-of-truth mapping (ERP / HCM / SCM / Data Warehouse)

Data Quality & Certification

  • Certification tiers (Gold / Silver / Experimental)
  • Auditability framework
  • Semantic layer governance
Data Governance Playbook KPI Dictionary Data Certification Process Stewardship RACI
The Lifecycle

Advisory Lifecycle

How we design the analytics program BEFORE tools & dashboards

This framework answers: What decisions should analytics improve, and what operating model sustains it?
Phase A

Discover

Understand Decisions & Business Context

  • Executive stakeholder interviews
  • Decision mapping workshops
  • Current reporting inventory
  • Pain point & latency analysis
  • Data trust assessment
  • Organizational readiness evaluation
Decision Inventory
Maturity Assessment
Waste Analysis
Opportunity Heatmap
Phase B

Define

Create the Analytics Value Model

  • KPI definition sessions
  • Metric standardization
  • Value driver decomposition
  • Prioritization scoring (impact vs effort)
  • Platform rationalization
KPI Catalog
Value Tree
Prioritization Matrix
Business Case
Phase C

Architect

Design the Operating Model

  • Ownership model design
  • Governance structure definition
  • Intake & backlog process design
  • Data stewardship assignment
  • Funding model definition
Target Operating Model
Governance Charter
RACI Matrix
Dev Lifecycle Workflow
Phase D

Roadmap

Sequence the Transformation

  • Capability sequencing
  • Dependency mapping
  • Adoption readiness alignment
  • Incremental release planning
12–24 Month Roadmap
Release Plan
Value Timeline
Success KPIs

Key Questions We Answer

  • What decisions are delayed or subjective today?
  • Where do managers rely on intuition instead of data?
  • Which reports exist but don't influence behavior?
  • What decisions cost the business the most money when wrong?

Ready to Transform Your Analytics Strategy?

Let's design an analytics program that starts with decision architecture — not report development.

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