MBA633 Individual Interpretation Of Analytics Report: Gartner Magic Quadrant Assessment 1 Answer

Assessment 1 Information

Your Task

Evaluate Business Intelligence Platforms using the Gartner Magic Quadrant. Summarise your findings in a report and evaluate the best tool for your chosen analytics application.

Assessment Description

The Gartner reports on current technology contain a plot such as the one shown below that summarises their findings. The figure is extracted from the Gartner report for Business Intelligence (BI) platforms.

Assessment Instructions

This assessment comprises two components.

• Firstly, you are required to study the Gartner “Magic Quadrant for Analytics and Business Intelligence Platforms” shown above and articulate the insights in a report (1200 words).
  1. Search the web for the 2019 and 2020 Magic Quadrants and note the changes between the two.
  2. Clearly state a BI application (to be) used in your workplace or potential workplace.

You are required to provide a thesis highlighting the shortcoming in the current business practices, the improvement this application would bring, as well as the resultant targets from the BI application.

1. What tool would you select to perform this analytics task

• You will also be required to provide a summary of the key points made by the guest speaker (500 words).