February, 2021

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How Business Analysis Can Improve IoT Projects

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Checkmate: What Is the Queen’s Gambit Move for Servers?

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Andreea Jakab. Configuring a server is much like playing chess. One wrong move, and your website is down. As with chess, you need to think carefully about each step you take towards servers: starting from the right server type to the correct server configuration for your use case and […]. The post Checkmate: What Is the Queen’s Gambit Move for Servers?

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Positioning The BA Role For Value In Your Organizations

BA Squared

Everything BAs Do Involve Three Things. We all know how valuable business analysis is to organizations. As complex as our work is it all boils down to: . Solving Problems. Enabling Change. Making Good Decisions. Problem-solving, change, and decisions are everyone’s business! Not just the BAs! Exactly! BAs help teams solve problems, enable change and make decisions.

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Flaws in Machine Learning & How Deep Learning Is Helping | Simplilearn

Simplilearn

It’s hard to ignore the cultural and organizational impact that Artificial Intelligence (AI) has had over us. Most organizations today have realized the impact of AI, and are doing all that they can to participate in and help facilitate the growth of the technology. For those who know the nuances of AI and the metrics involved in it, Deep Learnin. Read More.

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How to Build the Ideal HR Team

HR doesn’t exist in a vacuum. This work impacts everyone: from the C-Suite to your newest hire. It also drives results. Learn how to make it all happen in Paycor’s latest guide.

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7 Ways Small Businesses Use Data Analytics for Expense Tracking

Smart Data Collective

Companies are discovering the countless benefits of using big data as they strive to keep their operations lean. Big data technology has made it a lot easier to maintain a decent profit margin as they try to keep their heads above water during a horrific economic downturn. One of the most important benefits of using big data is with expense tracking.

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Five Requirements Prioritization Methods

BA Times

When customer expectations are high and timelines are short you need to make sure your project team delivers the most valuable functionality as early as possible.

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How Synthetic Data Powers Real-World AI Applications

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Ashok Sharma. Machine learning (ML) algorithms are everywhere these days. AI applications aren’t something that will be present in the future. They’re already here and have begun making an impact on our lives. AI usage is currently in an embryonic stage and faces significant challenges. The biggest challenge surrounds the […].

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The Daily Scrum Stand Up

Growing Agile

The purpose of the Daily Scrum is to inspect progress toward the Sprint Goal and adapt the Sprint Backlog as necessary, adjusting the upcoming planned work. The Daily Scrum is a 15-minute event for the Developers of the Scrum Team. To reduce complexity, it is held at the same time and place every working day of the Sprint. If the Product Owner or Scrum Master are actively working on items in the Sprint Backlog, they participate as Developers.

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Data Science vs. Data Analytics vs. Machine Learning: Expert Talk | Simplilearn

Simplilearn

Data science, analytics, and machine learning are growing at an astronomical rate and companies are now looking for professionals who can sift through the goldmine of data and help them drive swift business decisions efficiently. IBM predicts that by 2020, the number of jobs for all U.S. data professionals will increase by 364,000 openings to 2,720.

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Big Data Insights Show Surprising Impact of Diversity on Likelihood of Successful Ransomware Attacks

Smart Data Collective

Big data has shed some important insights on a number of facets of modern organizational functions. One of the areas that has been shaped by big data is cybersecurity. We have talked about the importance of using big data to strengthen cybersecurity by creating more robust defenses. However, there are also less direct reasons that big data can be important for stopping cyberattacks.

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Introducing BABOK French version

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Business Analysis in the times of COVID-19

BA Times

Business needs that are linked closely with customer needs change dramatically during crises. During lock-down periods the way companies interact with customers has changed.

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The Most Important Cybersecurity Trends to Watch This Year

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Jackson Shaw. With the global COVID-19 pandemic altering the way enterprise organizations do business and their employees work, it’s been a particularly challenging year for IT professionals. In addition to the complexities of migrating entire organizations to working remotely, it’s also their responsibility to ensure the new tools employees […].

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

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

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7 Reasons Why Products Fail

280 Group

What is product failure, anyway? Not all failures are catastrophic where the product is pulled from the market and the company goes out of business. Most are partial or soft failures. Failure is falling short of the strategic Objectives & Key Results (OKRs) metrics set for the product. Objectives can be multidimensional and go beyond financial goals for revenue and profit, such as establishing a new competitive advantage or providing a new upsell opportunity for another product.

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Data Scientist or Data Engineer? Mapping Educational & Career Opportunities | Simplilearn webinar starts 11-02-2021 15:30

Simplilearn

Confused about where to take your career in Data Science? Are you a data engineer type, or a budding data scientist? The two jobs have different skill sets, educational requirements, and career paths. With many jobs available in both roles, you need to understand the educational paths and the career opportunities for each so you can find the. Read More.

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New Advances in Graphic Design Software Are Predicated on Machine Learning Algorithms

Smart Data Collective

It wasn’t long ago that we wrote about how big data was setting new standards in the field of web design. More web developers are going to rely heavily on data-driven technology to improve the quality of their work in the near future. The way we do things digitally is only getting more advanced. The more we learn about technology, the more we want to build it and use it across different platforms.

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Technologies that Could See Significant Growth

The Data Administration Newsletter

With the new year events well behind us, we’re steadily focused on moving forward in 2021. While we have seen a change in the calendar year, one initiative that continues to be a top priority for businesses is storing, managing, accessing and optimizing corporate data. Given that, let’s consider what I believe will be some […].

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.

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Why do we self-censor?

BA Times

Why do we self-censor? Obviously No One Says EXACTLY What They Are Thinking All Of The Time, But Why Do We Hold Back What We Believe To Be Valuable Contributions? In The World Of Remote Working, It Is Important To Understand This Issue.

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Increasing the Business Impact of Data Management Using Force-Field Analysis

Dataversity

Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. This article introduces Force-Field Analysis (FFA) [1], a tool that one of us (Tom) has used for many years to help understand and summarize the impacts of multiple factors in the data space. The goal is to equip readers […]. The post Increasing the Business Impact of Data Management Using Force-Field Analysis appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Article: The Future of Data Engineering

InfoQ Articles

Chris Riccomini examines the current and future states of the art in data pipelines, data streaming, and data warehousing. He presents a six-stage evolution that data ecosystems follow from simple monolith to a complex data-microwarehouse architecture as the data engineers who manage them solve problems and clarify their roles as infrastructure engineers rather than data stewards.

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Data Analyst vs. Data Scientist: What's the Difference? | Simplilearn

Simplilearn

There are many – often quite different – opinions about the roles and skillsets that drive this thriving field, which creates much confusion. So, what distinguishes a data scientist from a data analyst? Many seem to carry the perception that a data scientist is just an exaggerated term for a data analyst. Upon searching for “what does a data. Read More.

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The Young BA

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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How Startups Can Formulate Data-Driven Marketing Strategies Using AI

Smart Data Collective

We have talked a lot about the benefits of big data in marketing. The global marketing analytics market was worth $2.1 billion in 2019. This figure is expected to rise sharply in the future as more companies are likely to discover the benefits data-driven marketing affords. Understanding the Benefits of Data-Driven Marketing. You have launched your startup.

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Medical Data and Advanced Robotics: Saving Lives, Improving Care

Sisense

Blog. Imagine a future where a wide range of surgeries, no matter how complex, could be conducted remotely, a future where a patient in dire need of help could access the most highly regarded specialists in any area of medicine regardless of where on the globe that person may be. In 2019, Dr. Ryan Madder from Spectrum Health performed a series of simulated remote percutaneous coronary interventions (PCIs) via a control station outside of Boston.

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A Checklist for Business Analysis Planning

BA Times

Use the Universal Business Analysis Planning Checklist as You Plan Your Business Analysis Approach. Every project is a unique, temporary endeavor.

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How to Improve Data Quality by Using Feedback Loops

Dataversity

Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. In this blog, we will take a look at: The impact poor Data Quality has on organizations and practical advice for how to overcome this challenge through the use of feedback loops. Poor Data Quality can cost organizations millions each year. It can lead to incorrect decisions, […]. The post How to Improve Data Quality by Using Feedback Loops appeared first on DATAVERSITY.

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Facilitate Risk Management for Medical Devices within Azure DevOps

In this whitepaper, we will describe how to facilitate risk management for medical devices directly in Azure DevOps. In particular, we will focus on how manufacturers can achieve ISO 14971 compliance and overcome key challenges in the process.