DATA ANALYTICS
for consumption by the business : are the relevant business users able to easily access and analyse the data ? Are they aware of what is available ?” says Balleyguier . Of course , the definition of what a stakeholder should be is also expanding . “ An increasing number of tools are available to make the use of data more accessible to nonexperts . In the same way that anyone is now able to create a website without being an expert web developer with the appropriate tools , or analysts can make rather complex calculations on data using Excel without coding , there has been a surge in the number of platforms to allow business users to create rather complex data visualisations or dashboards . These platforms can be directly connected to the data sources to allow more informed and agile business decisions .”
The benefits of that democratisation are manifold . “ Democratising access to analytics helps resolve the disconnects that may happen between the business and the analytics departments and mitigates the shortage of expert skills available ,” says Balleyguier . “ This in turn helps companies identify and solve more business problems , with the same resources , at faster speed ,
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