May, 2018

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What is Social BI and How Can it Enable Business Success?

ElegantJ BI

As self-serve business intelligence and data analytics has evolved, the concept of Social BI and business intelligence collaboration has become more prominent. Today’s trends in social networking and collaboration drive Social BI within the organization and, as this concept becomes more mainstream, business users and organizations reap the benefits of these collaborative efforts and of shared data analytics and data popularity.

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Time Dimension in Power BI and SSAS Tabular Model Supporting Minutes Time Bands

BI Insight

Date dimension has been discussed quite a lot on the Internet and you can find lots of valuable articles around it here and there. But what if you need to analyse your data in time level? A customer has a requirement to analyse their data in Minutes level. This means that the granularity of the … Continue reading Time Dimension in Power BI and SSAS Tabular Model Supporting Minutes Time Bands.

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Should Agile Teams Have a Definition of Ready?

Leading Agile

In The Dangers of a Definition of Ready , Agile thought leader Mike Cohn expresses a concern that is shared by many in the community: That by establishing strict rules about what information must be provided before a development team can take on a backlog item, we risk backsliding into a linear process model. It is a truly terrifying prospect! Oh, wait.

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Teaming – could this be the future of agile?

Growing Agile

We all know the benefits of teams. A bunch of people who work together over long periods of time and are fairly stable. They grow together and learn together and the team is worth more than the sum of the individuals. IF you’ve worked in one of these teams – you will know what I’m speaking about. It feels amazing. However in most companies this idea of stable teams seems like an impossibility.

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The HR Leader’s Workforce Management Guide

In today’s fast-paced business world, effective workforce management (WFM) isn’t just an option—it’s a necessity.

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23 quantitative and qualitative user research methods: a comprehensive guide

Userzoom

Whether you’re a grizzled UX expert who “has seen everything in the line of duty”, or you’re a complete newbie who has been told to “do some of that UX stuff that’s so popular these days” – this is the guide for you. We’ll explain the difference between all the most common UX research methodologies, how they are either quantitative and/or qualitative (and what that actually means), and we’ll also discuss the benefits and challenges of running moderated and unmoderated UX studies.

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What is Social BI and How Can it Enable Business Success?

ElegantJ BI

As self-serve business intelligence and data analytics has evolved, the concept of Social BI and business intelligence collaboration has become more prominent. Today’s trends in social networking and collaboration drive Social BI within the organization and, as this concept becomes more mainstream, business users and organizations reap the benefits of these collaborative efforts and of shared data analytics and data popularity.

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Time Dimension in Power BI and SSAS Tabular Model Supporting Minutes Time Bands

BI Insight

Date dimension has been discussed quite a lot on the Internet and you can find lots of valuable articles around it here and there. But what if you need to analyse your data in time level? A customer has a requirement to analyse their data in Minutes level. This means that the granularity of the … Continue reading Time Dimension in Power BI and SSAS Tabular Model Supporting Minutes Time Bands.

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Velocity Anti-Patterns

Leading Agile

Velocity is the most widely used-and-abused metric associated with Agile software development. Let’s take a quick look at some of the most popular abuses. But first… A Conversation. Nice to see you again. How are things going in your software development organization? We’re doing Agile! That’s great. Congratulations. What sort of process are you using?

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The ShowMe column #agileWeeklyTip

Growing Agile

Add a ShowMe column to your board. . Bob has just completed a task. His task was to create the test case for a successful credit card transaction. He moves the task into ShowMe and finds someone on his team. In 5 minutes Bob has showed Julia (a developer on his team) his test case and made a few modifications based on feedback from Julia. The task can now move to done. .

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Business Valuation Software: Free Guide to Valutico Platform

Explore our free guide to Valutico, the platform that revolutionizes automated report generation, offers access to 1 million M&A transactions, enables quick benchmarking, and streamlines the entire valuation process. With Valutico, you gain access to: 30-Minute Valuations: Rapidly producing accurate results. 3TB of Financial Data: The expansive data you need at your fingertips.

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What is UX prototyping and why should you test at this stage?

Userzoom

Exploring the basics of creating and testing UX prototypes. The best user experiences don’t happen by luck. UX designers and researchers follow an iterative process – testing pieces and versions of the product and making improvements along the way, until, in the end, you’ve got a thoughtful and useful product that people love. Ideally, that UX process involves creating sketches, then wireframes, then prototypes, and then the final product.

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So Far, VR-Enabled Data Visuailzation is Nonsense

Perceptual Edge

Few data technologies are subject to more hype these days than VR-enabled data visualization. I have never seen a single example that adds value and therefore makes sense. Those who promote it don’t base their claims on actual evidence that it works. Instead, they tend to spout a lot of misinformation about visual perception and cognition. Those who have actually taken the time to study visual perception and cognition could take each of these claims apart with ease.

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What is Social BI and How Can it Enable Business Success?

ElegantJ BI

As self-serve business intelligence and data analytics has evolved, the concept of Social BI and business intelligence collaboration has become more prominent. Today’s trends in social networking and collaboration drive Social BI within the organization and, as this concept becomes more mainstream, business users and organizations reap the benefits of these collaborative efforts and of shared data analytics and data popularity.

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Why You Need Business Process Management (BPM)

The Analyst Agency

Why You Need Business Process Management (BPM) By Steven Czyrny Business processes occur within every business, every day. Some are more complex than others, but as your organization grows, and you need to delegate to your team, documenting these processes by modeling them, communicating them to everyone, and analyzing key results will improve the day […].

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How to Stay Competitive in the Evolving State of Martech

Marketing technology is essential for B2B marketers to stay competitive in a rapidly changing digital landscape — and with 53% of marketers experiencing legacy technology issues and limitations, they’re researching innovations to expand and refine their technology stacks. To help practitioners keep up with the rapidly evolving martech landscape, this special report will discuss: How practitioners are integrating technologies and systems to encourage information-sharing between departments and pr

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Reduce wastage- make your work visible

Business Analysis Hub

Being a business analyst is a multi-faceted role where you are juggling numerous tasks on a daily basis. So, it is not surprising that sometimes it can feel like you can’t tell the wood from the trees. When speaking to a business analyst on a busy project, I am often told that ‘at the end of a working day, I feel like I have achieved nothing’. Even, though we may feel like that but when looking back on the day you will see that you have probably carried out invisible work.

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The ShowMe column #agileWeeklyTip

Growing Agile

Add a ShowMe column to your board. . Bob has just completed a task. His task was to create the test case for a successful credit card transaction. He moves the task into ShowMe and finds someone on his team. In 5 minutes Bob has showed Julia (a developer on his team) his test case and made a few modifications based on feedback from Julia. The task can now move to done. .

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What is a diary study and why is it useful for longitudinal UX testing?

Userzoom

Continuing our series of beginner’s guides to UX , here’s an overview of diary studies, and their usefulness as long-term usability testing tool. “Dear Diary, I couldn’t think of anything interesting to write, so here’s some lorem ipsum”. What is a diary study? A diary study gathers together information about a user experience over an extended period of time (or longitudinally as you may hear it described in other places where they like big words).

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Minimally Viable Data Visualization

Perceptual Edge

I received an email a few days ago from the founder and CEO of a new analytics software company that led to an interesting revelation. In his email, this fellow thanked me for sharing my insights regarding data visualization and shared that he has acquired several of my books, which are “nearing the top” of his queue. He went on to provide a link to his website where I could see his attempts to incorporate visual analytics into his product.

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Maximize Productivity and Simplify IT Management with Conversational AI

ChatGPT has dominated boardroom conversations for months now. From drafting a stock trading program, to creating a SQL query to model data, there are practically no limits to the applications of the AI language model assistant. At ManageEngine, we have been working on our own AI-assistant, Zia. Zia is a fully-trained analytics assistant that can perform a range of functions such as creating and adding reports to dashboards, providing conversational support to data analysis, insight discovery, bu

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Integrate Business Intelligence and R Script!

ElegantJ BI

R Script and BI Tools Combine for Greater Power and Flexibility! I am all for getting the most out of what I buy, so I like it when a service provider makes my life easier by making their products work with the products I already own, or uses clever methods to allow me to merge, integrate or pair products to get more value. One such example is my business intelligence solution.

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Are You Doing Your PEST Analysis Correctly?

Pestle Analysis

You shouldn’t waste any of your valuable time. I want you to get the most out of your PEST analysis. When you do, it’s possible to gain insight into politics, the economy, your customer, and technological advancements.

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How We Help With Remote Business Analysis

The Analyst Agency

How We Help With Remote Business Analysis By Steven Czyrny A Business Analyst is a relatively new profession that provides a lot of value to companies in many industries. Unfortunately, since the average yearly salary is over $70,000 USD/year, typically only large corporations can employ them. Business Analysts perform a lot of tasks such as […].

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Teaming – could this be the future of agile?

Growing Agile

We all know the benefits of teams. A bunch of people who work together over long periods of time and are fairly stable. They grow together and learn together and the team is worth more than the sum of the individuals. IF you’ve worked in one of these teams – you will know what I’m speaking about. It feels amazing. However in most companies this idea of stable teams seems like an impossibility.

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Data-Backed Secrets for Minimizing Discounts & Maximizing ROI Post-Holiday

Use data to turn one-off holiday shoppers into repeat buyers and effortlessly drive more sales throughout the year. Our guide will give you an in-depth understanding of what triggers your customers to buy and breaks down campaign examples from leading B2C brands.

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A guide to webform testing best practice

Userzoom

While form design isn’t a new concept – there are many articles out there that talk about this specific practice – webforms are often a fact of life for many websites that are transactional in nature. These types of workflows require individuals to sign up for an online product, request information or make purchases. If users feel that the workflow is too difficult, the company could see a reduction in user satisfaction, fewer people adopting their products and lower conversion

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Capability Mapping w/ Dean Stevens

Leading Agile

In this episode of SoundNotes, Dean Stevens and Dave Prior dig into Capability Mapping, how it works and why it is such an important part of the transforming your organization. . Capability Mapping is a technique that can be used to quickly gain greater awareness of how an organization does what it does, what processes it uses to do what it does, and where there are opportunities to remove waste and optimize flow. .

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Integrate Business Intelligence and R Script!

ElegantJ BI

R Script and BI Tools Combine for Greater Power and Flexibility! I am all for getting the most out of what I buy, so I like it when a service provider makes my life easier by making their products work with the products I already own, or uses clever methods to allow me to merge, integrate or pair products to get more value. One such example is my business intelligence solution.

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How Data Visualization Impacts Your Business Strategy

Digiteum

The post How Data Visualization Impacts Your Business Strategy appeared first on Digiteum.

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The Young BA

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.