The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit
Companion materials for The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit book
“Analytics is a comprehensive, data-driven strategy for problem-solving.”
Gregory S. Nelson, author of the Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit
The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit provides managers with a practical manual for integrating data management and analytic technologies into their organization. Author Gregory Nelson has encountered hundreds of unique perspectives on analytics optimization from across industries; over the years, successful strategies have proven to share certain practices, skillsets, expertise, and structural traits. In this book, he details the concepts, people and processes that contribute to exemplary results, and shares an organizational framework for analytics team functions and roles. By merging analytic culture with data and technology strategies, this framework creates understanding for analytics leaders and a toolbox for practitioners. Focused on team effectiveness and the design thinking surrounding product creation, the framework is illustrated by real-world case studies to show how effective analytics team leadership works on the ground.
Tools and templates include best practices for process improvement, workforce enablement, and leadership support, while guidance includes both conceptual discussion of the analytics life cycle and detailed process descriptions. Readers will be equipped to:
The analytics life cycle includes a diverse set of considerations involving the people, processes, culture, data, and technology, and managers needing stellar analytics performance must understand their unique role in the process of winnowing the big picture down to meaningful action. The Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit provides expert perspective and much-needed insight to managers while providing practitioners with a new set of tools for optimizing results.
These resources are intended to accompany the Wiley book and are not offered with a warranty.
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Hypothesis Testing Brainstorming
Root cause analysis brainstorming (affinity diagram)
Problem Priority Assessment Matrix
Work plan template
Visual presentation of the relative priorities for a project
Audience Transformation Matrix Example
Executive Brief Storyboard Template
The Visual Abstract Guide (referenced in Chapter 6)
Sample Journey Map
Analytics Supplier Culture Survey
Design Thinking Explained
Project Statement Summary Assessment
Documenting your data strategy
Analytic job families and roles
Analytic competency domains and definitions
Article: Storytelling and Data Science
The lost art of thinking
There's no stories to tell without data
Performance Management Map (Referenced in Chapter 11)