Antecedents description
| Antecedents | Description |
|---|---|
| Technology | |
| IT Infrastructure | Hardware and software required for BI implementation |
| Data Quality | Process, storing, maintain and query of data |
| BI Integration | BI system compatibility to be integrated with other systems |
| BI Agility | BI systems responsiveness, flexibility, and scalability on users requirement |
| System Quality | Overall information system reliability and flexibility |
| BI System Security | Access control, authorisation and authentication of different layers of information in BI system |
| Information Quality | The way the information is presented |
| Strategic | |
| Top management support | The attention and involvement of senior management in the BI uptake |
| Strategy alignment | The level of alignment between BI implementation and business strategy |
| Business vision | Business goals that are clearly defined |
| Analytic leadership | Leadership behaviour that fosters the utilisation of BI initiatives |
| Perceived benefits | Users’ perception of the actual functionality of BI |
| The objective of BI | Specific, short and long term, goals of BI implementation |
| Executive perception of IT | Executives’ perception of the strategic role on information technology in the organisation |
| Absorptive capacity | The organisation’s ability and effort to absorb and apply new knowledge |
| IS Governance | |
| Change management | Approaches used to manage changes due to BI implementation |
| End user involvement | The way and to what extent the users are included in the BI development and implementation |
| Business process redesign | Changes of processes in business operation to incorporate the use of BI |
| Project planning | Planning of the BI implementation and development project |
| Data governance | Standards and policies related to data source, collection, storage, processing, and disposal |
| Resources | |
| Financial | The amount of money available to invest in BI technology |
| Human resources | Specific skills related to data analytics |
| Time | Time available to implement and develop BI initiatives |
| Technology | Specific BI tools and its supporting IT infrastructure |
| Operational Support | |
| Outside consultant | Third party that support the initial implementation |
| Formal training | Scheduled training in using BI tools |
| Team composition | Combination of skills within a centralised BI team or in overall organisations functions/departments |
| Championship | The presence of a person who promotes innovation |
| Service quality | The after sales service provided by BI vendor |
| BI vendor quality | Reliability of the BI software’s provider |
| Culture | |
| Organisation’s learning culture | Culture to develop staff capabilities |
| Data-driven decision making | Culture that foster a systematic and data driven decision-making process |
| Collaborative perspective | Organisation’s perspective on sharing information and knowledge within internal organisation or with external parties |
| Individual Behaviour | |
| Perceived ease of use | Perception of the BI tool’s users interface ease of use |
| Motivational support | Motivational aid or support from peers or top management to learn |
| User’s trust | The overall trust in BI system general performance and the information provided by the system in particular |
| Environment | |
| Business competition | Pressure from competitive business environment |
| Government, law and regulation | Government policy or other professional body regulation related to standard reporting and analysis |
| Social influence | Peer/colleagues influence |
| Stakeholder’s influence | Influence from business partners, employees, owners, etc |
| Antecedents | Description |
|---|---|
| IT Infrastructure | Hardware and software required for BI implementation |
| Data Quality | Process, storing, maintain and query of data |
| BI Integration | BI system compatibility to be integrated with other systems |
| BI Agility | BI systems responsiveness, flexibility, and scalability on users requirement |
| System Quality | Overall information system reliability and flexibility |
| BI System Security | Access control, authorisation and authentication of different layers of information in BI system |
| Information Quality | The way the information is presented |
| Top management support | The attention and involvement of senior management in the BI uptake |
| Strategy alignment | The level of alignment between BI implementation and business strategy |
| Business vision | Business goals that are clearly defined |
| Analytic leadership | Leadership behaviour that fosters the utilisation of BI initiatives |
| Perceived benefits | Users’ perception of the actual functionality of BI |
| The objective of BI | Specific, short and long term, goals of BI implementation |
| Executive perception of IT | Executives’ perception of the strategic role on information technology in the organisation |
| Absorptive capacity | The organisation’s ability and effort to absorb and apply new knowledge |
| Change management | Approaches used to manage changes due to BI implementation |
| End user involvement | The way and to what extent the users are included in the BI development and implementation |
| Business process redesign | Changes of processes in business operation to incorporate the use of BI |
| Project planning | Planning of the BI implementation and development project |
| Data governance | Standards and policies related to data source, collection, storage, processing, and disposal |
| Financial | The amount of money available to invest in BI technology |
| Human resources | Specific skills related to data analytics |
| Time | Time available to implement and develop BI initiatives |
| Technology | Specific BI tools and its supporting IT infrastructure |
| Outside consultant | Third party that support the initial implementation |
| Formal training | Scheduled training in using BI tools |
| Team composition | Combination of skills within a centralised BI team or in overall organisations functions/departments |
| Championship | The presence of a person who promotes innovation |
| Service quality | The after sales service provided by BI vendor |
| BI vendor quality | Reliability of the BI software’s provider |
| Organisation’s learning culture | Culture to develop staff capabilities |
| Data-driven decision making | Culture that foster a systematic and data driven decision-making process |
| Collaborative perspective | Organisation’s perspective on sharing information and knowledge within internal organisation or with external parties |
| Individual Behaviour | |
| Perceived ease of use | Perception of the BI tool’s users interface ease of use |
| Motivational support | Motivational aid or support from peers or top management to learn |
| User’s trust | The overall trust in BI system general performance and the information provided by the system in particular |
| Business competition | Pressure from competitive business environment |
| Government, law and regulation | Government policy or other professional body regulation related to standard reporting and analysis |
| Social influence | Peer/colleagues influence |
| Stakeholder’s influence | Influence from business partners, employees, owners, etc |
Source(s): Authors’ work