Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 30, 2020
Rooted in Greek civilization, law is one of the world’s oldest professions, and for all these years, particularly in America, has been steadfast in its commitment to justice for all, and as a way to change things for the better. American lawyer Clarence Darrow, once said, “Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.”.
Tim Mitchell
AUGUST 6, 2020
Those of us who write technical articles and deliver technical presentations are always on the lookout for the perfect data set for demonstration and testing. Microsoft has done a good job of putting together sample databases including Wide World Importers, AdventureWorks, and Northwind Traders. Personally, I’ve found each of these useful, but I had no particular attachment to any of.
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BI Insight
AUGUST 27, 2020
I have written 3 blogposts about query parameters in the past. Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 1, Introduction Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part2, Dynamic Data Masking and Query Parameters Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 3, List Output This is the fourth one in the form of Quick Tips. Here is the scenario. … Continue reading Quick Tips, Power BI Desktop, Query Parameters, Part 4, Passing Power Query Parameter Values to SQL Server Stored Procedures.
BA Times
AUGUST 27, 2020
As BAs we pride ourselves on our attention to detail, but what do we attend to and what are we filtering out?
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Analyst Catalyst Blog
AUGUST 27, 2020
Business Analysis Digest brings together the best content for BA professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 29, 2020
Since businesses made the shift to remote work at the start of the pandemic, they’ve faced a lot of unexpected questions and circumstances and solved a lot of problems on the fly. It’s been hard, but overall, they’ve done a remarkable job. There’s one area, however, where businesses have largely floundered: remote monitoring. Remote monitoring includes a wide range of functions, from offsite data collection to key tracking tools and even video-based monitoring, and though some of these tools are
Tim Mitchell
AUGUST 28, 2020
Azure Data Factory has grown in both popularity and utility in the past several years. It has grown well beyond its significant limitations in its initial version, and is quickly rising as a strong enterprise-capable ETL tool. In my last post on this topic, I shared my comparison between SQL Server Integration Services and ADF. In this post, I’ll walk.
BI Insight
AUGUST 27, 2020
I have written 3 blogposts about query parameters in the past. Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 1, Introduction Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part2, Dynamic Data Masking and Query Parameters Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 3, List Output This is the fourth one in the form of Quick Tips. Here is the scenario. … Continue reading Quick Tips, Power BI Desktop, Query Parameters, Part 4, Passing Power Query Parameter Values to SQL Server Stored Procedures.
ElegantJ BI
AUGUST 26, 2020
How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.
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Analyst Catalyst Blog
AUGUST 18, 2020
BA Squared
AUGUST 18, 2020
The Definition of a Modern BA. A Modern BA is a BA who leads a group through a problem solving and solution process with the customer/user at the center of the analysis, knowing that all other details will follow. A deeper dive into what constitutes a Modern BA is a bit of a longer listicle. A Modern BA: Acts as if the highest value of their role is to make the customer’s interactions with the organization/product/service better, and incorporates this into everything they do!
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 4, 2020
Digital marketing is becoming more important during the pandemic. One study in the UK found that 65% of consumers increased spending during the crisis. Companies are investing more in digital marketing to respond to changing consumer behavior. Unfortunately, they have also found it difficult to train employees. Fortunately, new data analytics advances can help.
Roman Pichler
AUGUST 11, 2020
A Brief Guide to this Article. This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. The overall example I use to illustrate the mistakes is a healthy eating app that helps its users improve their eating habits and live more healthily.
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Growing Agile
AUGUST 28, 2020
I was browsing LinkedIn recently and came across a post by the legendary Alex Sloley where he stated that he had signed the Oath for an Agile Coach. I was curious, looked into it and decided it was good. The Oath is modelled on the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians, and whilst it is just a bit of fun, I find the values to be worth remembering and indeed living by as we go about our business day to day.
ElegantJ BI
AUGUST 26, 2020
How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.
Leading Agile
AUGUST 13, 2020
Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. This week in SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Managing Consultant Yaton Bowens joins Dave to talk about the role that trust plays in Agile Transformation. Building on Mike Cottmeyers’ Trust vs. Trustworthiness webinar, Yaton and Dave dig into some of the trust gaps that management and the Development Teams have to cross for an Agile Transformation to take root in an org
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ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 4, 2020
The big data market is exploding. According to Markets and Markets, it will be worth $229 billion in the next five years. Despite the rapid evolution of big data, many small businesses are overlooking its benefits. You should not make this mistake. You should consider the vast benefits of big data and invest in it accordingly. Why Small Businesses Overlook Big Data (And Should Start Embracing it).
Data Pine
AUGUST 19, 2020
In our cutthroat digital economy, massive amounts of data are gathered, stored, analyzed, and optimized to deliver the best possible experience to customers and partners. At the same time, inventory metrics are needed to help managers and professionals in reaching established goals, optimizing processes, and increasing business value. That said, It’s extremely important setting up and tracking the inventory KPIs for your business is in order to evaluate and improve your performance.
Business Analyst Learnings
AUGUST 16, 2020
The new normal of online working is bound to introduce new habits and learning opportunities for business analysts looking to navigate the tides of the post-pandemic workplace. From running physical workshops with a room filled with eager participants to managing virtual workshops where participants are in different geographical locations with some participants perhaps preferring to hide behind their screens.
ElegantJ BI
AUGUST 26, 2020
How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.
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Analyst Catalyst Blog
AUGUST 25, 2020
Leading Agile
AUGUST 19, 2020
Agile isn’t ever really about Agile. It’s about creating business outcomes. In our Business Drivers of Agility webinar series hosted by LeadingAgile CEO, Mike Cottmeyer, Mike dives deep into six key business drivers to uncover how Agile can enable organizations to connect these drivers to better business outcomes. In this first webinar, we start with predictability.
Smart Data Collective
AUGUST 30, 2020
It’s easy to draw correlations between big data and certain areas of the business world. For example, it makes sense that a tech company would leverage big data, or that a software company would use it to develop a cutting edge SaaS offering. But in real estate, does big data really have a place at the table? Those inside the industry would say yes – and resoundingly so!
Sisense
AUGUST 28, 2020
Blog. We live in a world of data: There’s more of it than ever before, in a ceaselessly expanding array of forms and locations. Dealing with Data is your window into the ways data teams are tackling the challenges of this new world to help their companies and their customers thrive. Uncomfortable truth incoming: Most people in your organization don’t think about the quality of their data from intake to production of insights.
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This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.
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