FEATURE: BUSINESS ANALYTICS
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A DATA-DRIVEN ORGANISATION VALUES
ITS DATA AS A PRIMARY ASSET AND
CONSTANTLY STRIVES TO TURN DATA
INTO OPERATIONAL ACUMEN TO DRIVE
BETTER DECISION MAKING.
the analytic function. The goal here is to
move from sporadic projects conducted
under the direction of each department to
instead guarantee consistency of approach
across the organisation, with a common
understanding of how to deliver value from
data effectively. It’s not about applying
a one-size-fits-all approach, but instead
fostering cohesion and solidity to ensure
the team can agree about what needs to
happen, when.
Engage and educate
hackathons for example can help to bring
together your data professionals into one
community, striving in one direction to
empower the business.
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Once there’s a community in place, it’s
then a case of getting these people to
work towards what ‘best practice’ looks
like, as well as how different roles impact
Once you have your team of data science
experts, it’s time to engage with the
business as a whole. Educating the business
requires the whole data science team
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