Course Description



“Analytics is a comprehensive, data-driven strategy for problem-solving.”

Gregory S. Nelson, author of the Analytics Lifecycle Toolkit



Summary


Description

An evidence-based organizational framework for exceptional analytics team results
 

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:

  • Master fundamental concepts and practices of the analytics life cycle
  • Understand the knowledge domains and best practices for each stage
  • Delve into the details of analytical team processes and process optimization
  • Utilize a robust toolkit designed to support analytic team effectiveness

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.



Payment

These resources are intended to accompany the Wiley book and are not offered with a warranty.

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Greg Nelson

Vice President, Analytics and Strategy

As founder and CEO, Greg is chief strategist, thinker, builder, teacher, writer, learner, inspire-r, and anything else that will propel ThotWave’s mission of creating data champions forward. Greg has over two decades’ experience and leadership in global healthcare and Business Intelligence, is a prolific writer and speaker, and board member of the SAS Global Users Group. Greg has a BA in Psychology from the University of California at Santa Cruz, did PhD work in Social Psychology and Quantitative Methods at the University of Georgia, and earned his master’s from Duke University in Clinical Informatics from the Fuqua School of Business.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Welcome to the companion web site!

    • Get started with your Disqus account

    • Discussion board: please introduce yourself

  • 2

    Best Practice Area 1: Problem Framing

    • 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

  • 3

    Best Practice Area 4: Results Activation

    • Audience Transformation Matrix Example

    • Executive Brief Storyboard Template

    • The Visual Abstract Guide (referenced in Chapter 6)

    • Sample Journey Map

  • 4

    Best Practice Area 5: Analytics Product Management

    • Analytics Supplier Culture Survey

    • Design Thinking Explained

    • Project Statement Summary Assessment

    • Documenting your data strategy

  • 5

    Roles and Responsibilities

    • 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)

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