I’ve just finished interviewing a large group of chief data (and analytics in most cases) officers for a report I’ll have more to say about in a month or so. But one result really struck me, and it has a…

In a previous post, I described the importance of developing an analytics and AI strategy, and some aspects of the process by which a strategy can be developed. In this post, the focus is on the specific components of the…

Analytics and AI are booming in organizations, but many companies are not yet getting strategic value from their projects and investments. Many projects are not deployed into production. Analytics and AI initiatives may not be targeted at important business problems…

For organizations wishing to move toward a product orientation for analytics and AI offerings, they should check that several key assumptions and prerequisites are in place and confirm that a number of capabilities are present within the organization. If they…

Vendors of software and software-based online services have long employed a product focus with their offerings. They seek to discover what customers want in the products before they build them. They have product managers to oversee the process of product…