Category: Business Intelligence

Managers Should Evaluate Citizen Data Scientists Differently!

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December 31, 2020

How to Evaluate Business Users in Their New Role as Citizen Data Scientist!

When a business initiates a Citizen Data Scientist movement within its ranks, it is important to recognize the other changes that will be required in order to reinforce the value of the program by reviewing and modifying team member evaluation and merit programs to reward Citizen Data Scientists for their collaboration, use of data-driven information in decisions and recommendations and work with Data Scientists, IT and others involved in the new initiative.

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Business Users CAN Use Predictive Analytics!

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December 21, 2020

Predictive Analytics is a Critical Component of an Augmented Analytics Suite!

Analytics and advanced analytics techniques can seem daunting to the average business user but they need not be. If a business wants its users to adopt and use analytics tools, an augmented analytics solution is the way to go. These solutions are easy to use and provide guidance and auto-recommendations to help users gather and analyze data using the right analytical technique.

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Citizen Data Scientists: You are a Role Model!

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December 17, 2020

How a Citizen Data Scientist Can Help Others Adjust to the New Reality!

When a business user is given the mantle of Citizen Data Scientist, they being a journey that can help to advance their career, provide leadership experience and improve visibility across the organization. But, in order to embrace this new part of their position, they must understand a number of things.

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Do Citizen Data Scientists Need Special Analytics Tools?

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December 14, 2020

Data Scientists Focus on Strategy, Citizen Data Scientists Deliver Daily!

When Gartner talks about expanding data analytics to business users, they also talk about how the analytical tools must be suitable for business users. If a business wants to implement a Citizen Data Scientist initiative and encourage their business users to become more productive and valuable within the business environment, that business must provide tools that are easy enough for the average business user and will allow them to easily adopt these tools to make day-to-day decisions.

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Use Analytics to Drive Shopify Store Results!

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December 8, 2020

Get the REAL Information from Your Shopify Solution: Analytics is Easy!

In a time when eCommerce is exploding, a small business owner with an online store might think that all they have to do is post products or services and wait for the money to roll in but nothing could be further from the truth. There are thousands of businesses struggling to pay their bills and wondering why their beautiful online stores are not producing results.

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Business Intelligence Reporting for Business Users!

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December 7, 2020

Imagine BI Tools and Reporting that Offer Personalized Views and Clarity!

One of the most important capabilities of a Business Intelligence Solution or BI tool is the ability to provide reports, both for the user who is leveraging the tool and for teams, managers and executives who want to share or make decisions based on fact-based information.

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Advanced Analytics for Business Users = Augmented Analytics!

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December 1, 2020

Augmented Analytics is Designed for Business Users So Analytics is Easy for All!

When a business decides to undertake a data democratization and data literacy initiative, it is important to recognize that not all advanced analytics solutions are created equal. Business users who are expected to take on the task of analytics, will need an augmented analytics solution that can support their needs. They aren’t data scientists. They aren’t business analysts. They are business professionals who will want to use an analytics solution that can give them sophisticated output and information. It has to be easy enough to use without the need for assistance by IT or data scientists and it has to be a solution that can be personalized to produce reports and analytics that are easy for each user to leverage to make decisions, solve problems and identify opportunities.

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What Are Citizen Data Scientists and Can They Improve the Quality of Business Intelligence?

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November 25, 2020

What Are Citizen Data Scientists?

Citizen Data Scientists represent a new breed of business analysts – a group of individuals with diverse business responsibilities and training, who wield sophisticated analytical tools, and employ complex methods of analysis to improve business results – all without the training or assistance of data scientists or IT team members. Citizen Data Scientists are business users who leverage the knowledge and skill they have developed through professional training and business roles to navigate business intelligence and advanced analytical tools to answer business questions, identify trends and patterns and develop new competitive strategies to support business decisions.

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Self-Serve Data Preparation: It Really IS for You!

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November 23, 2020

Please Don’t Make Me Think About It: Self-Serve Data Prep Really IS for Everyone!

If you are an average business professional, your eyes probably roll back in your head when you hear terms like data preparation, data extraction, transformation and loading, otherwise known as ETL, or any other term that makes you think of a pile of rubble you have to sift through to find what you need. How and why would you ever want to dive into that pile?

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Get the Right BI Tools and Make Business Users Happy!

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November 19, 2020

Want to Improve Data Literacy and Data Democratization? Use the Right BI Tools!

When you want to democratize data and help your business users function at a higher level; when you want to improve the quality of decisions; when you want to optimize the analytical and data scientist resources you have and make them more productive, you have to look at the business intelligence solutions that are designed to support every team member. Most of your team members are professionals with specific knowledge and that knowledge should be giving you a market advantage and should be dedicated to doing the job and filling the role you need the team member to fill.

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