Analyst Catalyst Blog

AUGUST 27, 2020

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 30, 2020

Rooted in Greek civilization, law is one of the world’s oldest professions, and for all these years, particularly in America, has been steadfast in its commitment to justice for all, and as a way to change things for the better. American lawyer Clarence Darrow, once said, “Justice has nothing to do with what goes on in a courtroom; Justice is what comes out of a courtroom.”.

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BA Times

AUGUST 27, 2020

As BAs we pride ourselves on our attention to detail, but what do we attend to and what are we filtering out?

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Tim Mitchell

AUGUST 6, 2020

Those of us who write technical articles and deliver technical presentations are always on the lookout for the perfect data set for demonstration and testing. Microsoft has done a good job of putting together sample databases including Wide World Importers, AdventureWorks, and Northwind Traders. Personally, I’ve found each of these useful, but I had no particular attachment to any of.

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Timo Elliott

AUGUST 27, 2020

Dreams are powerful. They inspire every company founder to lead their business with a clear purpose and vision. But over time, those visions sometimes become diluted and obscured as tough times set in. Unfortunately, it’s all too easy to forget dreaming when facing extreme stress from uncertainty and constant disruption. Business leaders, as well as their employees, can become so preoccupied with firefighting that no time is left to ensure the business is on the right track and aligned wit

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BI Insight

AUGUST 27, 2020

I have written 3 blogposts about query parameters in the past. Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 1, Introduction Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part2, Dynamic Data Masking and Query Parameters Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 3, List Output This is the fourth one in the form of Quick Tips. Here is the scenario. … Continue reading Quick Tips, Power BI Desktop, Query Parameters, Part 4, Passing Power Query Parameter Values to SQL Server Stored Procedures.

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 29, 2020

Since businesses made the shift to remote work at the start of the pandemic, they’ve faced a lot of unexpected questions and circumstances and solved a lot of problems on the fly. It’s been hard, but overall, they’ve done a remarkable job. There’s one area, however, where businesses have largely floundered: remote monitoring. Remote monitoring includes a wide range of functions, from offsite data collection to key tracking tools and even video-based monitoring, and though some of these tools are

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ElegantJ BI

AUGUST 26, 2020

How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.

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Tim Mitchell

AUGUST 28, 2020

Azure Data Factory has grown in both popularity and utility in the past several years. It has grown well beyond its significant limitations in its initial version, and is quickly rising as a strong enterprise-capable ETL tool. In my last post on this topic, I shared my comparison between SQL Server Integration Services and ADF. In this post, I’ll walk.

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Roman Pichler

AUGUST 11, 2020

A Brief Guide to this Article. This article assumes that you are familiar with the product vision board or the key elements of a product strategy : market, value proposition, standout features, and business goals. The overall example I use to illustrate the mistakes is a healthy eating app that helps its users improve their eating habits and live more healthily.

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BI Insight

AUGUST 27, 2020

I have written 3 blogposts about query parameters in the past. Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 1, Introduction Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part2, Dynamic Data Masking and Query Parameters Power BI Desktop Query Parameters, Part 3, List Output This is the fourth one in the form of Quick Tips. Here is the scenario. … Continue reading Quick Tips, Power BI Desktop, Query Parameters, Part 4, Passing Power Query Parameter Values to SQL Server Stored Procedures.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

AUGUST 5, 2020

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 4, 2020

Digital marketing is becoming more important during the pandemic. One study in the UK found that 65% of consumers increased spending during the crisis. Companies are investing more in digital marketing to respond to changing consumer behavior. Unfortunately, they have also found it difficult to train employees. Fortunately, new data analytics advances can help.

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ElegantJ BI

AUGUST 26, 2020

How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.

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Agile Velocity

AUGUST 19, 2020

STATIK (Systems Thinking Approach To Implementing Kanban 1 2 ) can be a great technique to help teams get up and running quickly, even teams that are using Scrum. . Applying the STATIK approach leverages the first principle of the Kanban method, “Start with what you do, or know, now”, in order to help avoid over-thinking how existing work, structures, and/or roles “fit” within Scrum.

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Data Pine

AUGUST 12, 2020

In your daily business, many different aspects and ‘activities’ are constantly changing – sales trends and volume, marketing performance metrics, warehouse operational shifts, or inventory management changes. All these little alterations in your business activities are impacting the global well-being of your company, your warehouse, your restaurant, or even your healthcare facility.

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Leading Agile

AUGUST 13, 2020

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. This week in SoundNotes, LeadingAgile Managing Consultant Yaton Bowens joins Dave to talk about the role that trust plays in Agile Transformation. Building on Mike Cottmeyers’ Trust vs. Trustworthiness webinar, Yaton and Dave dig into some of the trust gaps that management and the Development Teams have to cross for an Agile Transformation to take root in an org

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

AUGUST 25, 2020

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 30, 2020

It’s easy to draw correlations between big data and certain areas of the business world. For example, it makes sense that a tech company would leverage big data, or that a software company would use it to develop a cutting edge SaaS offering. But in real estate, does big data really have a place at the table? Those inside the industry would say yes – and resoundingly so!

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ElegantJ BI

AUGUST 26, 2020

How Can Clickless Analysis and NLP Support Business User Analytics? An advanced analytics solution that is designed for augmented analytics, must be easy enough for the average business user to achieve results without IT skills or the skills of a data scientist. When a business user can leverage clickless analytics search capability, the user can achieve rapid, clear results and use those results to solve problems, share information and optimize opportunities for the business.

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Growing Agile

AUGUST 28, 2020

I was browsing LinkedIn recently and came across a post by the legendary Alex Sloley where he stated that he had signed the Oath for an Agile Coach. I was curious, looked into it and decided it was good. The Oath is modelled on the Hippocratic Oath taken by physicians, and whilst it is just a bit of fun, I find the values to be worth remembering and indeed living by as we go about our business day to day.

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Stickyminds

AUGUST 26, 2020

If you are a manual tester and want to be a QA automation engineer, learn Java and programming via these 10 steps.

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Data Pine

AUGUST 19, 2020

In our cutthroat digital economy, massive amounts of data are gathered, stored, analyzed, and optimized to deliver the best possible experience to customers and partners. At the same time, inventory metrics are needed to help managers and professionals in reaching established goals, optimizing processes, and increasing business value. That said, It’s extremely important setting up and tracking the inventory KPIs for your business is in order to evaluate and improve your performance.

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

AUGUST 11, 2020

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Smart Data Collective

AUGUST 4, 2020

The big data market is exploding. According to Markets and Markets, it will be worth $229 billion in the next five years. Despite the rapid evolution of big data, many small businesses are overlooking its benefits. You should not make this mistake. You should consider the vast benefits of big data and invest in it accordingly. Why Small Businesses Overlook Big Data (And Should Start Embracing it).

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ElegantJ BI

AUGUST 24, 2020

Make Sure Your Advanced Analytics Solution Has Natural Language Processing! If you stay up-to-date with your industry and market publications, you have probably heard a lot of buzz about natural language processing or NLP. In fact, whether you know it or not, you use NLP every day. When you type a question into Google, you are using NLP! The system translates your question and returns results to meet your needs.

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This article focuses on my experience starting as a customer service representative and working myself up to become a lead analyst in my organization. I did not start with many special skills or talents but I wanted to reflect on what did help me.

Sisense

AUGUST 21, 2020

Blog. AI and machine learning are the future of every industry, especially data and analytics. In Growing Up with AI , we help you keep up with all the ways these pioneering technologies are changing the world. Reading through the Gartner Top 10 Trends in Data and Analytics for 2020 , I was struck by how different terms mean different things to different audiences under different contexts.

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Business Analyst Learnings

AUGUST 16, 2020

The new normal of online working is bound to introduce new habits and learning opportunities for business analysts looking to navigate the tides of the post-pandemic workplace. From running physical workshops with a room filled with eager participants to managing virtual workshops where participants are in different geographical locations with some participants perhaps preferring to hide behind their screens.

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BA Squared

AUGUST 18, 2020

The Definition of a Modern BA. A Modern BA is a BA who leads a group through a problem solving and solution process with the customer/user at the center of the analysis, knowing that all other details will follow. A deeper dive into what constitutes a Modern BA is a bit of a longer listicle. A Modern BA: Acts as if the highest value of their role is to make the customer’s interactions with the organization/product/service better, and incorporates this into everything they do!

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Analyst Catalyst Blog

AUGUST 6, 2020

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