apidays LIVE Australia 2021 - Accelerating Digital September 15 & 16, 2021 Democratising data-driven decisions with self-service tools Yojas Samarth, Data Evangelist at DBS Bank

1. “Democratising data-driven decisions with
self-service tools”
Absorb complexity, transmit clarity
Yojas Samarth, SME for data visualization tools in the platform | Tech trainer

2. Why are we talking about data
democratisation?
Businesses request data
IT team modifies raw
Data into business
readable data
Traditional approach :
Businesses Unit : Marketing
BA/executive

3. What is data democratization?
Direct access to the data
platform
Big data Platform
Business insights to gain
competitive advantage

4. Business Case
•Data mapping + Discovery (1 month)
•Data Transformation (1 month)
•Dashboard Development (3 weeks)
•SIT/UAT/PROD (3 hours effort, 3 weeks lead time)
•Access Request (6 hours effort, 1 month max lead time)
Tech team
•Data mapping + Discovery (2 weeks)
•Data Transformation (1 month)
•Dashboard Development (1mont)
•SIT/UAT/PROD (NA)
•Access Request (Instance)
Operations team
with data platform
access
Time saved to meet business
request : 45-50 %

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7. Framework to adopt
data driven culture
01
Ask
Define problem Feasibility
analysis
02
Acquire
Understand
data
Design
solution
Acquire
data
03
Analyse
Data
processing
Create
features &
build model
04
Act
Deploymentinto
endpoint
Performance
monitoring
Business value
realised
Feedback
05
Outcome

8. Data Science
Compute
Data
Inge
stion Data Engine
Data
Consumption
Data governance & security
Workflow &
Ops
Data Store
Data platform

9. Data platform
Microservices
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Centre of excellence
Education system
Data Consumers

10. Tech innovation that propels data democratization
1. Data visualization s/w
2. Data federation s/w
3. Cloud storage
4. Self service BI applications
5. E-learning/workshops

11. What has changed by democratizing data ?
Data discovery provides broader view of the metadata & avoid silos
Cultural Change & tools adoption rate have lead to faster
data access
Self Service Platform : To get access of all the
tools on the go.

12. What are the concerns with democratizing data?
The more users have data access the
bigger the security risk & more challenges
to maintain the data integrity
Misinterpretation of the data by non-technical
employees can make bad decisions for the
business

13. Key Takeaway !
CULTURE SELF SERVICE CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE
/ EDUCATION SYSTEM

14.  Yojas Samarth
 E-mail: yojassamarth@gmail.com
 LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/yojassamarth/
Contact Information :

15. New York
JULY
Australia
SEPTEMBER
Singapore
APRIL
Helsinki & North
MARCH
Paris
DECEMBER
London
OCTOBER
Jakarta
FEBRUARY
Hong Kong
AUGUST
JUNE
India
MAY
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