Creating an Analytics-Centered Business

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( do not consider this as a research paper we have to come up with questions for the survey )

Research Paper – Creating an Analytics-Centered Business Imagine you work for an Analytics consultant who is developing a survey instrument that can be used to appraise an organization ability to implement an analytics solution and/or determine how well an organization has institutionalized analytics across all elements of the organization. Beyond the survey instrument, a professional report (research paper) must be created.

Brainstorm and come up with 25-50 questions for the survey. The following types of information may help in developing the survey questions:

  1. size and type of organization and its ability to implement Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  2. technology (software, hardware, databases, systems, etc.) needed to implement Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  3. organization processes/elements that produce or consume data and utilize Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics. (i.e. Administration, Operations/Manufacturing, Finance, Customer Relations and Sales, Marketing/Communications, Public Affairs/Relations, Research/Innovation, Human Resources/Purchasing, Institutional Advancement, etc.)
  4. sources and validity of data; the “V’s”; etc. used in Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  5. analytics tools and applications available for Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  6. technical expertise (i.e. data scientist, IT specialist, super-user, etc.) required to implement Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  7. software systems with embedded analytic tools
  8. organization’s ability to institutionalize Descriptive analytics and/or Predictive analytics and/or Prescriptive analytics.
  9. organization’ ability to pursue cloud services to include AaaS.

Submit these as a draft instrument survey…