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Making a safe bet during COVID -19

BizAcuity

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected every fragment of society, bringing the world to a halt. The streets are empty, offices are no longer bustling and commercial spaces have run out of life. To curb the spread of COVID-19, government authorities around the world have imposed strict social distancing protocols that have restricted the movement of people at public places. .

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Comparing SSIS and Azure Data Factory

Tim Mitchell

For the better part of 15 years, SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) has been the go-to enterprise extract-transform-load (ETL) tool for shops running on Microsoft SQL Server. More recently, Microsoft added Azure Data Factory (ADF) to its stable of enterprise ETL tools. In this post, I’ll be comparing SSIS and Azure Data Factory to share how they are alike and.

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Let’s Talk About Citizen Data Scientists!

ElegantJ BI

Do You Want To Understand and Enable Citizen Data Scientists? You SHOULD! I had a conversation with a dear friend the other day and one of the things we discussed was the ubiquitous mention of Citizen Data Scientists in technology and industry publications and conferences. My friend (who shall remain nameless), insisted that this was just another passing fancy and that Citizen Data Scientists were not really all that important in building the enterprise of the future.

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The 12 Agile Principles. Part Three.

Growing Agile

This is the third part of the blog series were we discuss the 12 Agile Principles. In this post we will focus on principles 7-9. 7. “Working software is the primary measure of progress. “ Early in my agile career, when I was still a project manager with agile tendencies, I took over a project that was ‘60% done’ When I probed a little I found out that the 60% done meant that 60% of the budget had been spent, the project was far from done.

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Reduce Bias in Hiring: Structured Interview Questions for Employers

Structured interview questions are a valuable tool for reducing bias in hiring. They help: Ensure all candidates are asked the same questions in the same way Level the playing field so all candidates have a fair chance of being successful Improve credibility, reliability, and validity Download the guide to get the most out of your interview questions!

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BA Lens July 2020 Issue | Business Analysis is Changing. Are you ready? | Analyst Catalyst Blog

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Let’s Talk About Citizen Data Scientists!

ElegantJ BI

Do You Want To Understand and Enable Citizen Data Scientists? You SHOULD! I had a conversation with a dear friend the other day and one of the things we discussed was the ubiquitous mention of Citizen Data Scientists in technology and industry publications and conferences. My friend (who shall remain nameless), insisted that this was just another passing fancy and that Citizen Data Scientists were not really all that important in building the enterprise of the future.

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How Trade Supply Group customizes financial statements across 14 locations

Phocas

Trade Supply Group, New York, operates a number of companies that specialize in the distribution of building materials for trade and retail customers. Each company’s management operates autonomously while benefiting from the economies of scale that come from being part of a larger organization. Trade Supply Group added Phocas financial statements software to its tech stack which customizes and automates month end reporting across 14 operating locations, allowing branch managers to monitor financ

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How does business analysis add value to an organization? | Analyst Catalyst Blog

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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People-First Leadership: Shock, Transition, Transformation

Sisense

Blog. In Navigating Change in Crisis , we explore how individuals and companies are adapting to a “new normal” in order to keep essential services functioning. We provide actionable advice around how organizations, and ultimately the builders of data and analytic apps, are adapting to meet these changes. These insights aim to help you and your team navigate these unprecedented times.

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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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Let’s Talk About Citizen Data Scientists!

ElegantJ BI

Do You Want To Understand and Enable Citizen Data Scientists? You SHOULD! I had a conversation with a dear friend the other day and one of the things we discussed was the ubiquitous mention of Citizen Data Scientists in technology and industry publications and conferences. My friend (who shall remain nameless), insisted that this was just another passing fancy and that Citizen Data Scientists were not really all that important in building the enterprise of the future.

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How to automate financial statements in minutes

Phocas

What does the month-end look like in your business? Does the finance team spend a lot of time pulling data from your enterprise resource planning (ERP) system into spreadsheets so they can manipulate it into the standardised format? Is there a lot of wasted effort, double checking and renaming? For many, the process of preparing the data is a huge time waster and takes a lot away from analyzing the data.

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How does business analysis add value to an organization? | Analyst Catalyst Blog

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Combatting COVID with Embedded Advanced Analytics

Sisense

Blog. As COVID-19 continues to spread, healthcare groups and companies of all kinds are under pressure to provide care in the face of increasing demand. Healthy Data is your window into how data can help organizations address this crisis. COVID-19 required a worldwide coordinated response of medical professionals, data teams, logistics organizations, and a whole host of other experts to try to flatten the curve, improve treatments, and ultimately develop lasting remedies.

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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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When Being Nice Isn’t Enough w/ Rich Dammkoehler and Joel Norman

Leading Agile

Listen to the SoundNotes Podcast on the go! Find and subscribe to SoundNotes on: Apple Podcasts. Google Play. Spotify. Soundcloud. RSS. Creating a space where people can feel safe working together, developing products, and growing and learning as a team is important. But sometimes, in an effort to be polite, we end up being less open and honest than we probably intend to be.

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Data Visualization Is Data Visualization Is Data Visualization

Perceptual Edge

The principles and practices of data visualization do not vary from one domain to another. They are the same. Data visualization applied to business differs only from data visualization applied to education (or healthcare, or government, or various branches of science, or any other domain you can imagine) in that each domain has its own data that must be understood before it can be visualized effectively.

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BA Lens July 2020 Issue | Business Analysis is Changing. Are you ready? | Analyst Catalyst Blog

Analyst Catalyst Blog

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Using Data to Adapt Your Workforce

Sisense

Blog. In Navigating Change in Crisis, we explore how individuals and companies are adapting to a “new normal” to keep essential services functioning. We provide actionable advice around how organizations, and ultimately the builders of data and analytic apps, are adjusting to meet these changes. These insights aim to help you and your team navigate these unprecedented times.

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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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How Shell Is Bridging The Technical Skills Gap

Forrester - Business Intelligence

There’s been a ton of buzz and activity around my first report, “Mind The Cloud Skills Gap.” As such, when Shell presented at the IBM Think Digital event earlier this year about reskilling its staff, I was very keen to attend. The key takeaways from this session were: Shell Chief Data and Analytics Officer Frans […].

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66 Lessons from 50 Years of Software Experience

Modern Analyst

I spent a lot of time in the past half-century doing software work: requirements, design, user experience, programming, testing, project management, writing documentation, process improvement leadership, writing 7 books and many articles, consulting, and training. Sure, there were some side trips along the way, But basically I’m a software guy.

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What Are The Different Views in Power BI Desktop?

Christian Steven

Power BI is one of the best business intelligence tools that you could have at your fingertips. For those who want to make the most of their data, Power BI allows them to create simple visuals out of complex information. From that point, if they have the Power BI Service, they can send reports to team members and make decisions for maximum effectiveness.

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Case Study | Build and Design a website that fits your audience needs.

Word of Digits

Where to start when you need to improve your website in order to make it as relevant as possible for your target audience? How to make sure information is well structured and implemented in a clear architecture all integrated in an attractive design? At World of Digits, we have developed a new solution allowing you to tackle those issues. Nowadays, being an expert in code and development is no longer enough to develop a good website.

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The HR Leader’s Survival Guide

HR leaders drowning in paperwork struggle to meet C-suite's strategic expectations. Burnout and high turnover plague the field, with 95% feeling overwhelmed. This guide explores how the right tools can free HR from admin tasks and empower them to become the strategic leaders they’re meant to be.

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How to leverage data science like a (construction) boss

Domo

To say we are living in the data economy would be a huge understatement. Most organizations these days understand that the data they’ve been gathering is not only currency, it’s among their most valuable assets, especially if they are willing to wring every last ounce of potential out of it. To that end, many businesses are turning to data science , a technology that has the ability to help companies better understand and analyze their data and, in turn, make better decisions, faster.

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How to “Speak BA”: A Peek Inside the BABOK®

Watermark Learning

A post from the Watermark Learning Project Brief Blog. One of the perhaps most frustrating aspects of studying for one of IIBA’s (International Institute of Business Analysis) core certification exams (ECBA , CCBA®, CBAP®), is learning the lingo or terminology utilized within the practice framework. Remember, the BABOK® reflects an international framework created by BA thought leaders/professionals around the world so the terms are used “somewhere” by “someone!”.

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What Is Row-Level Security?

Christian Steven

Let’s say that you’ve been using Power BI for a while now, and you’re starting to get the hang of creating and reporting your visualizations. Now you’ll probably want to explore some of the more advanced features that Power BI has to offer. One of those features is row-level security, which lets you take an even more active role in how you present your data to your team members.

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5 Keys to Solving the Root Causes of Support Tickets

GlowTouch

Share this entry Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn Share by Mail 5 Keys to Solving the Root Causes of Support Tickets. Any operations manager in a customer support center will say that support tickets are one of the biggest cost variables that a company must face, in terms of both volume and duration. In North America, the average cost per ticket comes to $15.56 , and can even go as high as $49.69 !

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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.