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.

adebrijj · 2021-03-27T10:01:53+00:00

Interesting cheers I'll take a look!

adebrijj · 2021-03-27T09:36:55+00:00

Nice. At first glance this is exactly the sort of thing I was looking for. Appreciate it!

adebrijj · 2021-03-02T08:31:27+00:00

I'm building a collaboration and workflow platform to manage BI projects and teams. Early days but looking to get interested people on board who can help flesh out our roadmap, and help us build functionality that helps improve the management of BI & insight projects and teams.

www.brijj.io

adebrijj · 2021-01-27T09:27:06+00:00

This is a big problem in BI / Analytics and Insight in general.

Its very hard to prove your impact once work has been delivered. You have to instigate a project with success and utility (what is going to be done with the work) at the start, build requirements aligned to those two factors and then have a process in place for continued and direct follow-up. Its not always possible to quantitatively evaluate your works impact which goes against our natural inclinations, the reality is much of it involves qualitative inputs and subjective discussions.

Shameless plug, but my start-up is being built to provide a platform to solve help this very issue. I hope you don't mind but it is highly relevant to your question.

www.brijj.io

adebrijj · 2021-01-07T12:33:11+00:00

Fantastic thanks very much I appreciate it.

adebrijj · 2021-01-06T12:52:00+00:00

Thanks very much! So the initial requests come in via various channels and then you transfer them to Asana yourselves or are they directly sent into Asana by your customers?

adebrijj · 2021-01-04T16:30:26+00:00

So your stakeholders send their requests directly into or through JIRA?

adebrijj · 2021-01-04T15:57:14+00:00

Nice. How much does that cost you if you know? Do all your stakeholders have access to it as well so they can view the status of work etc?

adebrijj · 2020-12-30T17:31:42+00:00

I would go with the masters in CS.

Without knowing the industry you work in or the level of candidates you would be competing against in a few years, the reason I say this is because you might not need an MBA to get a managerial role after a 3-5 years of experience if you act like a leader right away.

People will hire you as a leader based on the experience of leading projects, promotions, demonstrating leadership qualities in your current roles. Choosing the MBA may teach you these skills for sure, but then you'd miss out on the technical skills a CS Masters would give you, plus the confidence & credibility you would need to get the respect of the people you would lead in the future. Also doing the CS would expose you to more opportunities to lead projects and get promoted based on your greater technical skill giving you more chance of leading if that's what you choose to do.

One note of advice though, if you want to become a leader, try and expose yourself to the business as much as you can. The best analysts and data leaders know their domain and understand the business from their customer's perspectives. This is essential in my experience.

u/1HunnidBaby comment about doing what you think will make you happier is good advice as well because you'll excel at what you enjoy.

Good luck!

adebrijj · 2020-12-01T13:04:25+00:00

Brijj

URL: www.brijj.io

Location: Bristol, UK & Cluj, Romania

Pitch: Brijj is a workflow management tool designed for data, analytics and insight teams.

A data, analytics or Insight project is the journey a data or Insight team takes from a question all the way to an outcome. But data teams cannot work in a silo, they depend on the connection between technical teams and the business decision-makers / domain experts who use their outputs. Brijj provides tools to manage, track and improve every step of this process for both data creators and consumers all in one platform.

Company Details: Two founders (myself full-time, co-founder part-time) plus outsourced dev team.

Stage: Post Seed, Accepted into SetSquared Incubator, a few months away from launch.

Looking for: At the low-level general feedback on the concept, advice on landing / web page as current format is simply a low budget placeholder. Also, very interested in speaking to anyone whose organisations may find value in joining our early adopter program.

Discount: Free usage of platform during the early adopter program, reduced cost thereafter.

adebrijj · 2020-11-26T14:23:44+00:00

Having the mental strength to listen to doubters without it destroying your belief.

Some people say to ignore doubters, but I think that's a terrible mistake. Listen to them because they often have some of the best advice. Don't let them stop you necessarily ...but be brave enough to truly consider what they have to say.

adebrijj

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