Is it the Right Time for My Business to Initiate a Citizen Data Scientist Program?
Whether you are a business owner, a business executive or a business manager, or you just like to keep up with industry trends, you no doubt have read about the transition of business users to Citizen Data Scientists. The topic has been in industry journals and publications for years, and it is still relevant today.
The Client is the largest global manufacturer of Air Coolers. The Client is an India-based Multi-National Company with a presence in over sixty (60) countries. As the market leader, this enterprise enjoys a prime position in the residential, industrial and commercial market segments and its brand is considered synonymous with cooling products in the global market. The Client is a market disrupter in what is a diverse and poorly organized sector and it has set the market benchmark with 201 trademarks, 64 registered designs, 15 copyrights and 48 patents, thereby setting the gold standard for air cooling in the global market.
The Smarten Augmented Analytics solution allows the Client users to interact with data to identify overall profitability at various levels in the organization. It also allowed the Client team to measure tactical and operational results at a summary level, and at a detailed level for an individual task, or a group achievement.
Key Benefits and Deliverables:
Consultancy for understanding and designing sales and transactional analytics across functional departments and data cleaning and structuring
Centralized access to information from diverse data sources, through interactive graphical and ad-hoc analysis
Defining common themes and designing user friendly Management Dashboards
Compiling, structuring, and harmonizing various modules like Sales, Collection, Services, Finance, etc.,
Exceptions and alert analysis for monitoring performance against budget allocated for each project
Automating all operational reports with pristine quality data
Training IT staff, power users and end users
Low cost of acquisition, short rollout time, and less training results in lower TCO
User-friendly interface reduces burden of ad hoc queries to IT team
Enterprise architecture with zero footprint browser interface ensured rapid rollout across various locations to many users
Responsive user interface allowed users to access the solution with all popular smart phones, tablets, and other mobile devices
Provides Mobile App access for all BI dashboards and reports for portability and on-the-go report access. The Mobile App also allows users to share reports in various formats over diverse mobile platforms and applications.
The Smarten team initially executed an on-premises installation of the solution and followed this with migration to AWS ‘m5.4xlarge with 64 Gb memory and 16 core’ instance. The Smarten team provided the Client with cloud and application management services for the Smarten application.
With the selection and implementation of the Smarten Augmented Analytics solution, the Client has achieved its goal of creating a centralized analytics system that is accessible and adds value at all levels of the organization. The Smarten intuitive interface allows users to make the most of available data and to effectively manage their resources, revenue, procurement, business operations, manpower allocation etc. It supports the Client team in tracking organizational performance, to reduce cost and increase the profitability of each department, without compromising quality.
How Should My Citizen Data Scientists Work with Data Scientists and Analysts?
Gartner has predicted that, ‘30% of organizations will harness the collective intelligence of their analytics communities, outperforming competitors that rely solely on centralized analytics or self-service.’ What does this mean for business Citizen Data Scientist initiatives? It does NOT mean that the organization should turn away from this type of initiative. What it DOES mean is that a business should recognize the value and purpose of each aspect of its analytical community.
Technology research and consulting firm, Gartner, predicts that, ‘By 2023, data literacy will become an explicit and necessary driver of business value, demonstrated by its formal inclusion in over 80% of data and analytics strategies and change management programs.’
Think of What Citizen Data Scientists Can Do to Help Your Business!
Whether you have recently been nominated to become a Citizen Data Scientist or you are considering the value of this type of transition for your business, managers and team members alike often ask exactly what a Citizen Data Scientist can do. According to technology research firm, Gartner, the number of Citizen Data Scientists will grow at five times the rate of traditional data scientists. If that’s the case, there must be something to this trend, right?
The technology research firm, Gartner has predicted that, ‘predictive and prescriptive analytics will attract 40% of net new enterprise investment in the overall business intelligence and analytics market.’ When combined with Citizen Data Scientist initiatives, the adoption and use of predictive modeling and forecasting techniques can be a boon to any enterprise. Team members who have access to augmented analytics and assisted predictive modeling can plan better, predict more accurately and dependably meet goals and objectives.
Business Users & Data Scientists Benefit from Citizen Data Scientist Initiatives!
A business that does not optimize its resources is doomed to fail. In this rapidly changing business environment and market, every organization must make the best of precious human resources. No one has enough funding to hire additional resources to get the job done and, when there are extra funds, those funds are quickly earmarked for new products, marketing and other crucial activities.
3 Benefits of Making the Transition from Business User to Citizen Data Scientist!
If you are a business owner, executive or manager, you have already heard about (and are probably implementing) strategies for Citizen Data Scientists. If you are a business user, you may be hearing rumblings of this in your everyday work and wondering exactly what this type of initiative means for you and why you should consider it beneficial.
What Determines the Success of a Citizen Data Scientist Initiative?
By now, every wise business team has acknowledged the advent of digital transformation and the transformation of business users into Citizen Data Scientists. But acknowledging the reality and enabling that reality within the walls of an enterprise are two very different things. Where many businesses fail in implementing the Citizen Data Scientist initiative, it is typical to find that the business has simply decided to deploy the strategy without much planning or culture change. Without understanding the shift in workflow, responsibilities and how the use of data will change the enterprise, it is unlikely that the business will succeed in its Citizen Data Scientist initiative.
Combine Traditional BI with Modern BI and Analytics to Improve User Adoption and Gain Advantage!
The world-renowned technology research firm, Gartner, predicts that, ‘through 2024, 50% of organizations will adopt modern data quality solutions to better support their digital business initiatives’. As businesses consider the options for data analytics, it is important to understand the impact of solution selection.
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