re: Quick Reactions

Jeff (no, the other one) — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:10:39 GMT

"Fresh, real-time data...? What are ya, some kinda troublemaker? How can I justify making decisions the traditional way -- with my dartboard, of course -- when there's real, valid data all the time sucking the fun out of it?!?"

Read about you folks in CIO (The Price of Gas, June 2008). I like what I see. This is the kind of thing we've wanted to do for... ever. Thanks!

Jeff Jones

Dept. of Postsecondary Education

re: Everyone a Data Analyst

Bill Carney — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 18:54:52 GMT

While I may agree that having "every employee as an analyst" generally helps, only certain folks within each organization can even access the data and let alone can look at it properly. People removed from the process need guidance and help along the path – The same way you build a storyline in slides. From a presentation POV using the data as facts and how they are interpreted shortens the discussions considerably. An old boss of mine used to say "facts are friendly" I've modified my thinking less on the friendly part and more on the facts are facts, data is data, and numbers are numbers. Enterprise adoption and a top down commitment would be great BUT it may be difficult to start that way. Departmental presentations using data coming from accepted data sources (CRM, Data Warehouses, and Accounting Platforms) to propose plans of action seems to me a good way to start selling the process internally to the senior staff.

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