Metadata
- Author: Cassie Kozyrkov
- Full Title:: Analytical Excellence Is All about Speed
- Category:: 🗞️Articles, Data Analysis
- URL:: https://medium.com/towards-data-science/analytical-excellence-is-all-about-speed-6881c848c09c
- Finished date:: 2023-05-27
Highlights
Measuring A Data Team Impact An alternative to Time To Reliable Insight
time-to-inspiration payoff, they must master many different forms of speed, including: • Speed of getting data that’s promising and relevant. (Domain knowledge.) • Speed of getting data ready for manipulation. (Software skills.) • Speed of getting data summarized. (Mathematical skills.) • Speed of getting data summaries into their own brains. (Data visualization skills.) • Speed of getting data summaries into stakeholders’ brains. (Communication skills.) • Speed of getting the decision-maker inspired. (Business acumen.) (View Highlight)
Analysts are like that with data — there’s always more to look at than you have time for — and an intelligent discovery process is key.
Analysts aren’t afraid to start simple. Analysts are also ruthless prototypers. They’d never start with the most time consuming tool (View Highlight)