Discover more from your data with an Analytics Workshop

Over the next couple of months, Datahub Consulting are going to publish blogs on the services that we offer. Today we are focussing on a workshop that we do with all our projects, so that we can focus on deliverables to the client using the “Right First Time” model. We call this workshop the Analytics Discovery Workshop which forms part of the data and analytics discovery phase.

If you are not currently engaging with us on a project, then we can support your business to understand your data better, and helping you put a strategy in place to meet your vision.

Are you looking to Empower your Data?

Do you have a Data Strategy?

Do you have a Vision of what you want to get from your Data?

Like with any plan you need to understand

• Where you are currently with your data and analytics,
• Where you want to get to. Also,
• How you are going to get there, and finally,
• Is there any challenges on the way.

The questions above allow you to create an analytics roadmap to meet your data strategy.

Firstly, let’s have a look at the complementary analytics workshop.

Complementary Analytics Workshop

We have found in the past that businesses know very little about the true value of their data. How they can take their data forward, and also have a vision for planning the data and analytics journey.

For all organizations we offer a complementary analytics workshop to create a custom data strategy. Think of it as a whiteboard session where you can map out your future vision. With this workshop you will get 2 hours with one of our architects. What we will try to achieve:

Before the workshop we will call you to find out about the organization, the industry that you are in, when you started to use data driven reports, if there is any areas that you would like us to focus on. For example, if you have difficult with monitoring deliveries, or sales conversion rates etc.

Datahub consultants have a deep understand of industries like retail, avaition, finance, asset management, pharmaceuticals, gas & oil, media, digital media, tele-communications, education, and logistics. With this knowledge and experience we can make suggestions and talk to you about where the industry is going with data driven analytics. 

Then on the day of the workshop we will come to your offices to,

• Understand how you currently use data.
• Understand where you think the challenges are in greater depth.
• Find out where you are on the analytics maturity curve. We will also explain this curve in more detail allowing you to understand what is possible.
• Have a look at the reports that the business current use. If we can recommend any improvements, then we will do.
• Speak with key staff (both technical and management) to understand what you would like to do in the future with your data / analytics.
• We can then help you create a data roadmap to map out the journey with key milestones.
• We can explain how Datahub Consulting can support you on this journey.

This is a lot to do in 2 hours, so Datahub will do as must preparation work in advance to support your organization. This is why the pre-workshop call is important.

Project Discovery Phase

With all projects where we engage with either current and new clients, we will undertake a discovery phase. This discovery will consist of a workshop, talking to key stakeholder, understand any business logic, and the deliverables to achieve success for the project. So that we can achieve the project on a “Right First Time” model we need to gather information.

What would we discuss, and who we will be need to speak too?

With any project we would need to:

• Find out about the business
• Understand the industry
• Any business logic that would need to be applied to any reports.
• The data sources where the core data will come from.
• Where you currently store data. We would need to understand database names, access etc.
• What the key stakeholder would want to see on any dashboard / reports
• Timelines for key deliverables.

Depending on the size of the project, the organization, and complexity of the data, this discovery phase could take up to 5 days. We would spend time with the technical people, management, and key stakeholders, so that we have a full and in-depth understanding of the project requirements.

Want to find out more?

For more information about Datahub Consulting, or to understand more about any of our services please contact us. We would be happy to sit down over a coffee and let you know more about our growing business and how Datahub could support you with your data vision.