Delivering business analytics: practical guidelines for best practice
by Stubbs, Evan
AVOID THE MISTAKES THAT OTHERS MAKE - LEARN WHAT LEADS TO BEST PRACTICE AND KICKSTART SUCCESS This groundbreaking resource provides comprehensive coverage across all aspects of business analytics, presenting proven management guidelines to drive sustainable differentiation. Through a rich set of case studies, author Evan Stubbs reviews solutions and examples to over twenty common problems spanning managing analytics assets and information, leveraging technology, nurturing skills, and defining p…
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AVOID THE MISTAKES THAT OTHERS MAKE - LEARN WHAT LEADS TO BEST PRACTICE AND KICKSTART SUCCESS This groundbreaking resource provides comprehensive coverage across all aspects of business analytics, presenting proven management guidelines to drive sustainable differentiation. Through a rich set of case studies, author Evan Stubbs reviews solutions and examples to over twenty common problems spanning managing analytics assets and information, leveraging technology, nurturing skills, and defining processes. Delivering Business Analytics also outlines the Data Scientist's Code, fifteen principles that when followed ensure constant movement towards effective practice. Practical advice is offered for addressing various analytics issues; the advantages and disadvantages of each issue's solution; and how these solutions can optimally create organizational value. With an emphasis on real-world examples and pragmatic advice throughout, Delivering Business Analytics provides a reference guide on: The economic principles behind how business analytics leads to competitive differentiation The elements which define best practice The Data Scientist's Code, fifteen management principles that when followed help teams move towards best practice Practical solutions and frequent missteps to twenty-four common problems across people and process, systems and assets, and data and decision-making Drawing on the successes and failures of countless organizations, author Evan Stubbs provides a densely packed practical reference on how to increase the odds of success in designing business analytics systems and managing teams of data scientists. Uncover what constitutes best practice in business analytics and start achieving it with Delivering Business Analytics.
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- Publication Date:©2013.
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- Publisher(s):John Wiley & Sons
- Place of Publication:Hoboken, N.J
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©2013.
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- Description:1 online resource.
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- ISBN:9781118559444, 1118559444, 9781118559451, 1118559452, 9781118559543, 1118559541
- oclc:ocn995775010
- LC Classification:HD30.28
- Dewey Decimal:658.4/013
Table of Contents
Delivering Business Analytics: Practical Guidelines for Best Practice -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- Why You Need to Read This Book -- How to Use This Book -- Note -- Acknowledgments -- Part One: Business Analytics Best Practices -- Chapter 1: Business Analytics: A Definition -- What Is Business Analytics? -- Core Concepts and Definitions -- Note -- Chapter 2: The Competitive Advantage of Business Analytics -- Advantages of Business Analytics -- Competitive Advantage -- Maximizing Economies of Scale -- Quality Improvement -- Challenges of Business Analytics -- Minimizing Transaction Costs -- Bounded Rationality -- Establishing Best Practices -- Notes -- Part Two: The Data Scientist's Code -- Chapter 3: Designing the Approach -- Think about Competencies, Not Functions -- Incremental Value Comes from Continuous Improvement -- Management Principles -- Drive Outcomes, Not Insight -- Management Principles -- Automate Everything Non-Value-Added -- Management Principles -- Start Flexible, Become Structured -- Management Principles -- Eliminate Bottlenecks -- Management Principles -- Notes -- Chapter 4: Creating Assets -- Design Your Platform for Use, Not Purity -- Management Prin…
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