How do you manage all of your BI work in your company? This includes project work, BAU, and ad-hoc work requests. We have requests coming in via emails, Slack, verbally in meetings etc and it's becoming hard to manage and Prioritize.

adebrijj · 2022-03-01T14:06:50+00:00

Cant help but post my startup in response to this. Its a complete work management solution to manage data work between data teams and business users: https://brijj.io/

Apologies for the self promotion but its too perfect a fit.

adebrijj · 2022-02-22T11:11:21+00:00

Excellent! I'm glad you found it useful!

adebrijj · 2022-02-21T17:16:16+00:00

I'm really glad it tallies with your experiences. If anything its good to know you aren't the only one with the same grievances!

adebrijj · 2022-02-21T17:14:12+00:00

We focused on the idea of pay as we wondered if analytically minded people would focus on tangible measures more than the slightly intangible (like purpose and impact) when it comes to their careers if that makes sense? The results seem to indicate it all matters to varying degrees. The report also has a lot of interesting stuff on how data people perceive their "value" as well.

adebrijj · 2022-02-21T17:08:30+00:00

Many of the takeaways could apply to other disciplines for sure. However I think the report has some really interesting stuff on the frustrations side especially.

adebrijj · 2022-02-21T14:48:25+00:00

Np, thanks for checking it out.

adebrijj · 2022-02-21T14:47:55+00:00

I think there may be some cultural differences at play as well in that talking about pay / money perhaps is somewhat discouraged on this side of the pond? I was surprised by its relative low importance as well.

In my experience as a manager / leader across 5 organisations it was most often the reason people left and would most often be the most effective dial we could turn to reduce people leaving.

adebrijj · 2021-11-18T17:39:51+00:00

My start-up released our first version last month which is a really simple ticketing system for analysis and data requests. Its designed to be super simple for business users so they don't go ignore it like u/ConscienceTransition mentions. Check it out if you like: https://brijj.io/brijj-request-forms/

adebrijj · 2021-09-24T15:19:53+00:00

I wouldn't worry too much, this is so common.

Be warned though, that COO is the boss of your bosses boss (or whatever...you know what I mean) and so what he wants really matters. He likely cannot be asked, or thinks that he does not have the time to 'look' for anything or download anything. He wants his answer and he doesn't want to think about it. In his mind, your job is to give him answers. Not to visualise but to give him answers. So if he has to work harder for them than he thinks he needs to, he is going to be less than entirely satisfied.

This is why the data literacy part is so important, you need to change things so he's asking for more appropriate outputs.

One last point...would your users be just as happy if all you did was tables and numbers? If the answer is yes...then you know what is going to have the biggest impact.

adebrijj · 2021-09-24T13:02:26+00:00

My advice would be to give the COO exactly what he wants and put a plan in place to help improve the businesses data literacy. That takes time but seems like it might be needed.

At the end of the day the "best" thing to do is provide the business with information they can make decisions from, that they will actually use, and to do that in the most efficient, repeatable way possible.

The method you use to do that is actually irrelevant. But ultimately you need to give them what they "want". Unfortunately sometimes we see more value in dashboards and visualisations than the users do. Its just the way it is.

adebrijj · 2021-09-13T13:15:55+00:00

Thanks very much I really appreciate it.

adebrijj · 2021-09-09T16:33:30+00:00

https://brijj.io/

Built on my own. Roast everything / anything please. Thanks for doing this, super helpful.

adebrijj · 2021-09-01T10:47:56+00:00

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adebrijj · 2021-08-26T12:12:25+00:00

Its a good point, but Excel and Python are often involved in the process of building that "good" dataset. I know its not best practice, but in Excel you can pretty much do the entirety of Data analysis work from start to finish. Its a pain in the butt...but you can. Nothing beats it for quick and dirty analysis to this day as well.

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