What is Analytics?

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What is Analytics?http://alfredessa.com

April 2013

:: analytics is a journey

:: the analytics journey has three stages

:: each stage of the journey involves data

is data about the past

:: analytics stage one

:: at best it’s data about the present

:: analytics stage one is reporting

:: and traditional business intelligence

Analytics Stages of Maturityin

form

atio

n va

lue

insight

ReportingData Access

what happened?what is happening?

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STAGE ONE

! KEY

:: analytics stage one provides retrospective data

is data about the future

:: analytics stage two

:: it provides our predicted future, where we are going

:: stage two uses techniques such as predictive modeling

:: and inferential statistics to forecast risk

Analytics Stages of Maturityin

form

atio

n va

lue

insight

ReportingData Access

what happened?what is happening?

Risk Forecasting

PredictiveModeling

what will happen?

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STAGE TWOSTAGE ONE

! KEY

:: analytics stage two predicts the future

is data about the desired future

:: analytics stage three

:: analytics stage three is the holy grail

:: it’s optimization

:: optimization means finding the best path among multiple options

Analytics Stages of Maturityin

form

atio

n va

lue

insight

ReportingData Access

what happened?what is happening?

Optimization

Strategy

what do i want to happen?

Risk Forecasting

PredictiveModeling

what will happen?

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STAGE TWO

STAGE ONE

STAGE THREE

let’s end with a definition

:: analytics is not more data!

definition

:: analytics is finding the optimal path to a desired future

alternate definition

:: analytics is optimizing decision making in situations of uncertainty

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