Data Curious: Applying Agile Analytics for Better Business Decisions

Data has been a missing part of most academic curriculums for a long time, and we're all being affected. During challenging times, creating a data-informed culture can help you pivot quickly or prevent expensive missteps. Developing a data curious organization will take advantage of the burgeoning data resources available as a result of increasing digitalization.

With this book, author Carl Allchin shows today's business professionals how to become data empowered. These tech-savvy business professionals will learn data literacy fundamentals--from understanding the possibilities to asking the right questions. You'll discover how to make the right technology choices and avoid pitfalls that could put your career and company at risk.

• Discover what an agile, empowered, data-driven organization should look like
• Examine how to use data in new ways to help your business come to life
• Learn key terms and concepts around data management and analytics
• Understand the differences between spreadsheet analysis and a data analytics pipeline
• Get advice for working with data scientists and explore ways to mitigate the IT department's concerns

數據長期以來一直是大部分學術課程中缺失的一部分，我們都受到了影響。在充滿挑戰的時期，建立一個以數據為基礎的文化可以幫助您快速轉向或避免昂貴的錯誤。發展一個對數據充滿好奇心的組織將充分利用數字化增加帶來的蓬勃發展的數據資源。

在這本書中，作者卡爾·奧爾欽向當今的商業專業人士展示如何成為數據賦權的人。這些精通技術的商業專業人士將學習數據素養的基礎知識，從理解可能性到提出正確的問題。您將發現如何做出正確的技術選擇，避免可能使您的職業生涯和公司面臨風險的陷阱。

- 發現一個敏捷、賦權和以數據為驅動的組織應該是什麼樣子
- 探討如何以新的方式使用數據來使您的業務活躍起來
- 學習有關數據管理和分析的關鍵術語和概念
- 理解試算表分析和數據分析流程之間的差異
- 獲得與數據科學家合作的建議，並探索緩解IT部門擔憂的方法