Business and Team Member Benefits of Citizen Data Scientists!
When a business considers the prospect of implementing business intelligence and augmented analytics tools to align objectives and streamline processes and decision-making, the business management and executive team can often see the project as time-consuming and expensive.
In fact, most proposals that include process changes, training and new technology get stalled because:
a. change is hard
b. there is a tendency to say that everything is just fine the way it is
c. the management team believes that the expense is not equal to the value of the transition.
When it comes to BI tools and self-serve analytics, all of these claims can be disproven by results.
‘By providing business users with easy-to-use BI tools and augmented analytics features that produce results and allow them to make the most of their knowledge and time, the organization is more likely to retain its human resource assets and to identify and utilize its team member skills to achieve results, thereby creating a competitive advantage and a more agile, streamlined enterprise.’
In fact, Gartner has predicted that ‘Early adopters of augmented analytics have the potential to realize more strategic and differentiating business benefits from their analytics investments than those who wait until these technologies are widely adopted.’
Results and benefits are proven across the enterprise by businesses that have already adopted business intelligence and augmented analytics.
For the organization, these benefits include:
- Support for data-driven, fact-based decision making
- Insight and perspective into history, results and trends and patterns for strategy and operational decisions
- Encouraging collaboration among team members, IT, business analysts and data scientists
- Business agility and efficiency
- Leveraging human resource assets and improving productivity
- Creating a competitive advantage with rapid decision-making and market response
- Improving and optimizing financial investments, forecasts and predictions
For business users, transitioning to Citizen Data Scientists, the advantages include:
- Combining professional and industry knowledge with data to achieve accurate results
- Leveraging simple BI tools and self-serve analytics to receive recommendations and suggestions and make quick, clear decisions
- Reducing the need for IT and data scientist assistance
- Collaborating with other business users to create and share data, reports and information
- Advancing career goals by learning and using tools that combine existing skills with new analytical capabilities
- Improving data-driven decisions and reducing re-work
By providing business users with easy-to-use BI tools and augmented analytics features that produce results and allow them to make the most of their knowledge and time, the organization is more likely to retain its human resource assets and to identify and utilize its team member skills to achieve results, thereby creating a competitive advantage and a more agile, streamlined enterprise.
‘Gartner has predicted that ‘Early adopters of augmented analytics have the potential to realize more strategic and differentiating business benefits from their analytics investments than those who wait until these technologies are widely adopted.’
If your business wishes to capitalize on the potential of the Citizen Data Scientist approach, it important to work with an IT Partner who can help you define your requirements and strategize for optimal success, providing the augmented analytics tools and knowledge of the industry that is required to position you for success. Get started today with our self-paced FREE Online Citizen Data Scientist course.
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