Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Often, analytical projects yield new insights about a business, a problem, or an idea
that people may have taken at face value or thought was impossible to explore.
Four main deliverables can be created to meet the needs of most stakeholders.
This approach for developing the four deliverables is discussed in greater detail in
Chapter 12.
Figure 2.9
portrays the key outputs for each of the main stakeholders of an
analytics project and what they usually expect at the conclusion of a project.
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Business User
typically tries to determine the benefits and implications
of the findings to the business.
•
Project Sponsor
typically asks questions related to the business impact
of the project, the risks and return on investment (ROI), and the way the
project can be evangelized within the organization (and beyond).
•
Project Manager
needs to determine if the project was completed on
time and within budget and how well the goals were met.
•
Business Intelligence Analyst
needs to know if the reports and
dashboards he manages will be impacted and need to change.
•
Data Engineer
and
Database Administrator
(DBA) typically need to
share their code from the analytics project and create a technical
document on how to implement it.
•
Data Scientist
needs to share the code and explain the model to her
peers, managers, and other stakeholders.
