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How Often Does an Analyst Typically Make Attention to Detail Mistakes?
While no analyst is perfect, there are many validation techniques that can severely reduce the likelihood of errors.
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Why is an Analytics Team's Engagement Critical and How Can a Manager Encourage This?
As with any team, engagement is critical to an analytics team's success.
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How Can You Encourage Analysts' Development and Help Them Learn New Skills?
Analyst development/learning programs such as regular knowledge sharing meetings, mentorship programs, regular office hours, ad-hoc trainings, and hackathons can be big drivers of analysts’ development.
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Why is it Important for Analysts to Have a Career Development Plan?
Excellence in analytics generally requires a willingness to learn new analytics platforms and techniques.
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How Can Analysts Become More Productive?
A typical analyst at a typical organization should be able to complete, on average, at least 1-2 typical analytics projects (think of a typical dashboard build or ad hoc analysis) per week.
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What is the Best Way to Assess an Analytics Candidate’s Technical Skills?
When hiring an analyst, it is absolutely critical to validate that a candidate is truly able to apply analytics skills and techniques to your business challenges in a robust way.
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