Occam's Razor

JANUARY 6, 2010

Before all the excitement of the new year wears out, here are five simple things I would love for you to try so that your company will have a glorious truly data driven 2010! #1: The days of tools and reports simply puking data out are rapidly reducing. In 2010 Consider trying just two tools listed above that you have not used so far.

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Analytics IT Statistics Metrics 99

Occam's Razor

APRIL 19, 2010

"What is the difference between a metric and a key performance indicator (KPI)?" " "Are goals metrics?" There seems to be genuine confusion about the simplest, most foundational, parts of web metrics / analytics. Metric: A metric is a number. But not normal metrics. Dimensions.

Metrics 138

Metrics Key Performance Indicator KPI Business Objectives 138

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

The early 2010’s practice of co-locating talent supercharged collaboration, but also limited organizations’ ability to scale with a workforce based in high-density, cost-prohibitive metros. with Scrum Masters and engineering teams in the alternative location.

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Cost-Benefit Measurement Modeling Strategy 91

Occam's Razor

JULY 26, 2010

We lovingly craft reports every day. My hope in this post is to share some simple tips with you that might make your reports and analysis speak to you a bit more. Look at your most important work / report / dashboard. PALM: People Against Lonely Metrics]. So why not your metrics? Or an actual outcome metric.

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Metrics Measurement Dashboards Reporting 96

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

There are three elements to our "big data" efforts, or unhyped normal data efforts: Data Collection, Data Reporting, and Data Analysis. After all you spent so much time on collection, reporting and analysis. Yes, cost per click is metric. The metric CPC aside, we do present data like this all the time.

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Visualization Key Performance Indicator Dashboards Metrics 144

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

In May 2010 (!). For example, with Alexa , you can report on traffic statistics (such as rank and page views), upstream (where your traffic comes from) and downstream (where people go after visiting your site) statistics, and key-words driving traffic to a site. 9 points higher, now you deserve a bonus! 3: ISP (Network) Data.

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Metrics Advertising Reporting Software 123

Occam's Razor

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

I'm not an expert in the credit score reporting business. My favorite report is the Credit Report Card. Now you have a fantastic understanding of the business objective (make money via credit reporting) and the Goals (a combination of Macro + Micro Conversions). I don't know anyone at Credit Karma.

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IT Measurement Marketing Metrics 138

Occam's Razor

MARCH 23, 2010

Because every tool uses its own sweet metrics definitions, cookie rules, session start and end rules and so much more. When it comes to proving which campaigns are better and which numbers to report to the management what will you do? You are far too busy actually reporting and analyzing to keep pace with all the wonderful evolution.

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Analytics Consulting Metrics Experimentation 118

Alation

APRIL 12, 2022

Between 2010 and 2018 the number of CDOs present in Fortune 1500 companies increased nearly 8-fold. The same business metrics may have different values depending on which team you ask. In addition, data curators can certify data sets and metrics within the data catalog so all business users use data in a consistent manner.

Data Quality 52

Data Quality Data Governance Metrics Data Strategy 52

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

OCTOBER 12, 2017

With more features come more potential post hoc hypotheses about what is driving metrics of interest, and more opportunity for exploratory analysis. Looking at metrics of interest computed over subpopulations of large data sets, then trying to make sense of those differences, is an often recommended practice (even on this very blog).

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Experimentation Testing Statistics Metrics 61

datapine

APRIL 16, 2019

By implementing the right reporting tools and understanding how to analyze as well as to measure your data accurately, you will be able to make the kind of data driven decisions that will drive your business forward. Qualitative analysis focuses on data that isn’t defined by numbers or metrics such as interviews, videos, and anecdotes.

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Data-driven Dashboards Visualization Cost-Benefit 287

O'Reilly on Data

JANUARY 25, 2021

In this report, we look at the data generated by the O’Reilly online learning platform to discern trends in the technology industry—trends technology leaders need to follow. Look at all the angst heating up social media when TIOBE or RedMonk releases their reports on language rankings. But what are “trends”? What about data science?

Machine Learning 363

Machine Learning Software Testing Technology 363

Jet Global

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

According to insightsoftware and Hanover Research’s 2023 Finance Team Trends Report , the rate at which organizations expect to grow is down to 64%, compared to 73% in 2022. In ​2021, just over 32,000 sat for the CPA exam, compared to ​nearly 50,000 ​CPA ​candidates​ in 2010 ​​.

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Finance Reporting Cost-Benefit Operational Reporting 52