Revton - Strategy & Analytics

Revton - Strategy & Analytics

By Mahmoud Atout

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Strategy department function is to

• Identifying trends, threats and opportunities

• Pushing projects

• Solving problems

• Studies for the higher management to take decisions

Poll

Data Analytics Function job is to

• Develop dashboards & data visualizations

• Generate insights

• Proposing Solutions

• Identify trends

Poll

Do you agree that understanding of data is crucial, as reading and writing

• Completely agree, it is crucial

• It will never be as vital as reading and writing

• It gives you an edge, but in the future is will be vital

• It's not widely used skills now, but it is very important

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How important is your ability to tell stories with data

• A vital skill, helping me share results and insights easily

• Why should we need stories, data is visualized with graphs for insights

• I think it can be helpful, but I don't know how

• Storytelling!

  They do that with data?

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How often does correlation means causation with data

• This is an assumption that should never be made

• I think quite often, but I need to learn more

• I sometimes think that, but need to learn how to test is more accurately

• What is correlation and causation exactly?

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How would you feel if you were confronted by this scenario?

• It just looks like boring graphs on a screen to me.

• I'm completely at ease. I build these basic data visualizations daily.

• I’m intrigued, but I wouldn't know where to start.

• I'm torn between excitement and dread.

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What is the expected turnaround time to receive and process data

• Level 1 - Limited:

  Data processed daily is received with a 2 day delay, quarterly reports take over 2 weeks to generate

• Level 2 - Evolving:

  Daily data received with a 1 day delay, quarterly reports take 1 - 2 weeks to generate

• Level 3 - Acceptable:

  Daily data is received with a 1/2 day delay, quarterly reports take < 1 week to generate

• Level 4 - Advanced:

  real time daily data, quarterly reports generated in less than 3 days

• I don't know

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Which of the following describes your expierience with data

• Data is not mission critical to my job, so I don't rely on it

• I use data occasionally, when it is presented to me

• I am skilled with data, I am often asked to share insights

• I have access to all the data I could wish for