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Making Data Actionable: The Immense Challenge of Good Data Products
“Data-driven” is such a passive phrase. Who the driver is matters a great deal. When you think about data science, the image of models, algorithms, and statistical methods comes to mind. So, why, then, when you mention data science in many companies do you get the response “that’s all well
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Agile Data Science: A Step Towards an Effective Process
Managing data science projects — or more specifically engineering teams building data products — is in my experience an art form, and a mysterious one at that. Anyone who has brought a data product to life will undoubtedly have tales of the trials and tribulations of imposing a process on
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December: Best of the Web
Read below for a roundup of interesting sites, resources, and articles from around the web, curated and contextualized by unbiased analytics experts at IIA. Highlights include articles on the disillusionment of "self-service", a return to data modeling, a massive roadblock for AI, and an article about the things data engineers
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How Data Products Change the Game
Data products are all the rage these days. At times, there are trends that are more hype than reality. The trend toward data products is not one of them. This blog will discuss what data products are, why they are suddenly so ubiquitous, and how they might change the game
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On Generating Value Through Analytics and AI
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 lot to do with analytics and AI. The Perils of
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Building a Modern Data Strategy
Building a sustainable data strategy requires cross-organizational alignment that is difficult to achieve. In this session, Kathy Koontz, former Director of IIA’s Analytics Leadership Consortium, will explore people and process considerations an organization should account for as it begins a journey to build a sustainable data flywheel: including the power
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ALC Insights: Funding and Budget
The Analytics Leadership Consortium’s (ALC) Q3 theme on Funding and Budgets focused on three aspects: establishing and justifying value, sourcing funds, and allocating budget. While many valuable points came through in our confidential discussions, two ideas stuck out. First, communicating good work is key and, second, it’s beneficial to operate
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IIA names Echo Logistics as recipient of 2022 ANNY Award for Excellence in Analytics
Portland, Ore. (Oct. 28, 2022) – The International Institute for Analytics (IIA), the leading independent analytics and data science research and advisory firm, named Echo Global Logistics the winner of the 2022 Excellence in Analytics Award at IIA’s Fall Analytics Symposium held Thursday, October 13, 2022, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. “Echo’s
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September: Best of the Web
Read below for a roundup of interesting sites, resources, and articles from around the web, curated and contextualized by unbiased analytics experts at IIA. Highlights include articles about the seven stages of MLOps maturity, the rise of “small data”, low-code/no-code application development, and how to measure automation success. There is
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The Link Between Analytics Maturity and Social Media Influencers
What could corporations’ analytics maturity and social media influencers have in common? More than you might think! I was emcee for the International Institute for Analytics Symposium in October and one of the panel discussions made the connection between these seemingly unrelated topics come together in my mind. This blog