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Analytics Teams: Before You Deploy

As I discussed in my earlier post, analytics or data science teams know that two key challenges for analytics projects are making sure you solve the real business problem (framing the problem) and making sure you can operationalize the result (deployment).  In this second post I am going to talk about deployment.

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Analytics Teams: Before You Model

Experienced analytics or data science teams know that two key challenges for analytics projects are making sure you solve the real business problem (framing the problem) and making sure you can operationalize the result(deployment).  In this post I am going to talk about framing the problem and I’ll follow-up with another on deployment.

One of the best ways to think about framing is to consider the questions the analytic team should get answers to before they start building a model:

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How To Fix Two Key Challenges for Analytics Projects

Analytic teams are using decision modeling to frame the problem with their business partners, assess the predictive model’s value in business terms and clarify the people, process and technologies needed for successful deployment. 

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BBC 2016: Pioneering Decision Services with Decision Modeling at Kaiser Permanente

Learn how decision modeling with DMN is central to Kaiser Permante’s effort to ensure decisions are based on current best practices and increasingly made in real time in this BBC 2016 presentation by David Herring, Manager of BPM & ODM Delivery, Office of the CTO, Kaiser Permanente and James Taylor, CEO Decision Management Solutions, Pioneering Decision Services with Decision Modeling at Kaiser Permanente.

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3 Reasons to Adopt Decision Modeling in your Existing BRMS Program

A decision modeling approach using DMN is the best practice for for scaling BRMS programs.

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BBC 2016: Beyond Textbooks: Building the Modern Business Architecture

Learn how a modern business architecture was developed to leverage new technologies and align organizational change projects in this BBC 2016 presentation by Andrew Ray, VP Business Architecture & Change Management, Goldman Sachs & Co. and Gagan Saxena, VP & Principal Consultant, Decision Management Solutions, Beyond Textbooks: Building the Modern Business Architecture. 

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4 Reasons to Start with Decision Modeling on Your First BRMS Project

If you are kicking off your first BRMS project, don’t start by gathering the rules!

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BBC 2016: Decision Modeling with DMN Tutorial

Graphical decision models based on the Decision Model and Notation (DMN) standard are easy to create and easy to communicate. The business focused decision structure provides needed clarity and facilitates collaboration and conflict resolution across business, IT and analytics teams. Flexible enough to keep up with today’s rapidly changing requirements, decision modeling helps stakeholders focus on the real needs of their organization.

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