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Three Types of Actionable Business Analytics Not Called Predictive or Prescriptive

Rocket-Powered Data Science

Decades (at least) of business analytics writings have focused on the power, perspicacity, value, and validity in deploying predictive and prescriptive analytics for business forecasting and optimization, respectively. Another way of saying this is: given some desired optimal outcome Y, what conditions X should we put in place.

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The Data Behind Tokyo 2020: The Evolution of the Olympic Games

Sisense

Not only does it support the successful planning and delivery of each edition of the Games, but it also helps each successive OCOG to develop its own vision, to understand how a host city and its citizens can benefit from the long-lasting impact and legacy of the Games, and to manage the opportunities and risks created.