– and why building a structure without
sound design and blueprints is likely to
fail?
• Politics: What is the make-up of
the overall team that will contribute to
or be impacted by analytics? Has each
member been interviewed for their role,
experience, objectives, motivations and
concerns? Are there competing interests? Threats? For example, are traditional statisticians firmly resistant to
shifting their mindset to a more strategic and agile model-building focus?
Likewise, without the oversight of experienced modelers, will egregious errors
be made in data preparation and results
interpretation?
• Alignment of objectives: Has each
team member impacted by the analytic
process been asked about their individual goals? Have you drilled at least two
or three levels deep? Often the surface
issue expressed is not the true underlying concern.
• Performance projections: Have
baselines for current performance been
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