BA Learnings
DECEMBER 30, 2017
If you are meeting or contacting stakeholders for the first time and trying to understand their world, you need structure. By structure, I mean a framework of questions to channel the direction of the conversation or requirements elicitation. I was invited to prepare a business process documentation for a client who was based in another country. Traveling to meet the client was not an option.
IBM Big Data Hub
DECEMBER 31, 2017
Ever wished you could jet set around the world fast enough to ring in the New Year at a party in every timezone? Well that might not be quite possible, but VRChat is offering something close. VRChat , a social VR experience supporting major PC VR headsets via Steam , is celebrating New Year’s Eve virtually in every timezone, every hour, on the hour.
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Jim Harris
JANUARY 1, 2018
“The sky is falling!” exclaimed Chicken Little after an acorn fell on his head, causing him to undertake a journey to tell the King that the world is coming to an end. So says the folk tale that became an allegory for people accused of being unreasonably afraid, or people trying to incite an unreasonable fear in those around them, sometimes referred to as Chicken Little Syndrome.
Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 2, 2018
Whether it is data-driven marketing, sports analytics, political campaigns, or national security threats, data has become central to any type of informed analysis and plan of action.
Speaker: Timothy Chan, PhD., Head of Data Science
Are you ready to move beyond the basics and take a deep dive into the cutting-edge techniques that are reshaping the landscape of experimentation? 🌐 From Sequential Testing to Multi-Armed Bandits, Switchback Experiments to Stratified Sampling, Timothy Chan, Data Science Lead, is here to unravel the mysteries of these powerful methodologies that are revolutionizing how we approach testing.
BA Learnings
DECEMBER 31, 2017
Dear BAL readers, Welcome to another exciting and promising year! 2017 flew by so fast but not without leaving its mark and some interesting ideas for us to remember as business analysts. Here is a list of the most popular 2017 posts, as determined by BAL readers. This list is based on the number of page views recorded for each post. Here it goes: VRIN Framework/VRIO Analysis A List Of Free Business Intelligence (BI) Training Courses For Business Analysts A List Of Free Business Analysis Trainin
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 4, 2018
Unlock the trusted information about your customers with MDM and empower your business analysts to search, explore and match with other data collections with governed freedom.
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Bruno Aziza
JANUARY 4, 2018
There’s so much risky and objectionable content on the internet—fake news, hate speech, incendiary articles and representations of violence.
BA Learnings
JANUARY 3, 2018
When we have a strong belief about something or a bias towards a particular opinion, we consciously or unconsciously seek out evidence that validates what we already believe. When we come across contrary evidence, our default behaviour is to ignore it, diminish it or in some cases, conclude that it’s wrong prematurely without exploring its merits. This behaviour is due to a cognitive bias known as confirmation bias.
IBM Big Data Hub
JANUARY 2, 2018
Whether you want to build a bridge, explore the sea, or simply try to identify new markets, you will only be as good as the data you use. This means it must be complete, in context, trusted and easily accessible to drive insights.
Cloudera
JANUARY 3, 2018
Building the right team is as important as assembling the right IT infrastructure – and the needs differ just as dramatically. A traditional BI and analytics organization consists of three main groups: Analysts that develop reports often using sample data. The data management team – modelers that take requests, find data, and develop models to answer the questions.
Speaker: David Bard, Principal at VP Product Coaching
In the fast-paced world of digital innovation, success is often accompanied by a multitude of challenges - like the pitfalls lurking at every turn, threatening to derail the most promising projects. But fret not, this webinar is your key to effective product development! Join us for an enlightening session to empower you to lead your team to greater heights.
Smarten
JANUARY 4, 2018
Extract, Transform and Load (ETL) refers to a process of connecting to data sources, integrating data from various data sources, improving data quality, aggregating it and then storing it in staging data source or data marts or data warehouses for consumption of various business applications including BI, Analytics and Reporting. It offers high quality data, which otherwise resides in poorly structured heterogeneous, complicated data sources.
BA Learnings
JANUARY 3, 2018
When we have a strong belief about something or a bias towards a particular opinion, we consciously or unconsciously seek out evidence that validates what we already believe. When we come across contrary evidence, our default behaviour is to ignore it, diminish it or in some cases, conclude that it’s wrong prematurely without exploring its merits. This behaviour is due to a cognitive bias known as confirmation bias.
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