The document outlines critical success factors for data analytics initiatives, highlighting the importance of data availability, quality, and the right combination of skills in data engineering, data science, and business domain knowledge. It emphasizes the need for effective tools and a proper working environment to manage big data's volume, variety, and velocity. Sponsorship and a clear execution path are also critical to prevent analytics initiatives from failing.

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Critical Success Factors for
A Data Analytics Initiative
Jagadish Iyengar
VP & Head - Digital Transformation Services

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The search for insights… in an ocean of data.

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Why do analytics initiatives go wrong?
Data
Tools
Skills
Mindset
Sponsorship

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Why do analytics initiatives go wrong?
Data
Tools
Skills
Mindset
Sponsorship
Not starting is a real risk!

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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step
(Lao Tzu)

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Where do you begin? What are you looking for?

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Data Availability & Quality
Granularity?
Historical data?
“Negative” data?
…
Consistency?
Accuracy?
Completeness?
…
Availability Quality

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Data Availability & Quality
Granularity?
Historical data?
“Negative” data?
…
Consistency?
Quality?
Completeness?
…
Availability Quality

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Tools, Working environment To Manage the 3 V’s
• « Big » data
• Ingestion, Persistance, Processing
• On-premise vs cloud
• Stream processing
• Fast data
• Lambda architecture
• Structured versus unstructured
• Multimedia
• Semantic
Volume
Variety
Velocity

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Tools, Working environment To Manage the 3 V’s
Volume
Variety
Velocity
• « Big » data
• Ingestion, Persistance, Processing
• On-premise vs cloud
• Stream processing
• Fast data
• Lambda architecture
• Structured versus unstructured
• Multimedia
• Semantic

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Right combination of skills
Data
Engineering
Data
Science
Business
Domain

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Right combination of skills
Data
Engineering
Data
Science
Business
Domain
Partner

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Right combination of skills
Data
Engineering
Data
Science
Business
Domain
Partner

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Choose a picture!

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Path of Discovery, rarely a linear execution plan

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And there will be questions…
How much will it save us?

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Sponsorship is key!
How much will it save us?

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