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[cid:F79ABC99-0C17-46D2-B5DB-006769BD9EF9] Thank you to those of you who have already completed the maturity survey. We’re delighted that you have taken the time out to participate in the process and are pleased with the positive feedback received so far, including... "Completing this survey was a useful exercise and we look forward to seeing the results. It would be interesting to do it again in a year. The categories were really helpful." We know that some of you are working on your submissions as we speak and appreciate that this is a busy time of year for everyone and with this in mind we’re extending the deadline for the survey to Monday 21 September 2015. We hope that this extra time may prove useful to you all and we look forward to hearing from many of you soon. As mentioned below the time needed for completion of the process is reasonably short. We aim to provide analyses by visualisations or interactive dashboards as soon as we can after the deadline and plan to feedback by 16 October 2015. How to get involved Convene a group of colleagues to include your Head of planning and come to a consensus, then upload your responses to the live survey <https://jisc.researchfeedback.net/wh/s.asp?k=143291398105> (one response per institution). Background, context and potential benefits of participating in the survey Jisc and HESA have joined forces to deliver a new national business intelligence service <https://www.business-intelligence.ac.uk> for UK education and research, due to launch this November. We aim to help institutions and their staff to gain the benefits good business intelligence (BI) can bring. As part of the work, we are launching a BI maturity survey and we warmly invite you to get involved. The maturity survey The survey draws on a BI maturity model for Higher Education, a major new asset for universities wishing to gain a fresh insight into where they currently sit in respect of differing aspects of their BI capability. We recommend you work through the nine questions with appropriate colleagues (our experience indicates an hour of effort will be required). The conversations will be of value in themselves and your response will contribute to a national picture. We’re therefore asking for one response per institution coordinated by the Head of planning. On 16 July 2015 we covered this in detail via a webinar with over 70 delegates. You can hear about its application across 200 institutions in the US and the benefits of taking part in the UK survey through this recording<https://ca-sas.bbcollab.com/site/external/jwsdetect/playback.jnlp?psid=2015-07-16.0156.M.E2A4BD090FB9C98FB6B617F60784D4.vcr&sid=2009077>, while the slides and list of Q&A's are available from our website<http://www.jisc.ac.uk/events/business-intelligence-maturity-webinar-16-jul-2015>. What’s in it for you and your institution? By completing this survey we will provide access to your institutional responses benchmarked against other institutions in the UK. We will also pursue benchmarking across Europe and the US. You will be able to: * Learn about the aspects identified in successful implementation of BI * Identify your current maturity level and set a desired one * Consider the dimensions for improvement, use them to develop an implementation plan and monitor your progress * Raise awareness of your current capability to justify existing resourcing or help make the case for improvement * Gain insight into the relationships between BI and other strategic initiatives * Identify institutions that may have useful knowledge and experience Thank you. With best wishes The HESA and Jisc business intelligence project team Jisc is a registered charity (number 1149740) and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under Company No. 5747339, VAT No. GB 197 0632 86. Jisc’s registered office is: One Castlepark, Tower Hill, Bristol, BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800. Jisc Services Limited is a wholly owned Jisc subsidiary and a company limited by guarantee which is registered in England under company number 2881024, VAT number GB 197 0632 86. The registered office is: One Castle Park, Tower Hill, Bristol BS2 0JA. T 0203 697 5800.