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Analytics: The Agile Way
by Phil Simon
Analytics
Preface: The Power of Dynamic Data
Introduction It Didn’t Used to Be This Way
A Little History Lesson
Analytics and the Need for Speed
Book Scope, Approach, and Style
Intended Audience
Plan of Attack
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Notes
Part One Background and Trends
Chapter 1 Signs of the Times Why Data and Analytics Are Dominating Our World
The Moneyball Effect
Digitization and the Great Unbundling
Amazon Web Services and Cloud Computing
Not Your Father’s Data Storage
Moore’s Law
The Smartphone Revolution
The Democratization of Data
The Primacy of Privacy
The Internet of Things
The Rise of the Data-Savvy Employee
The Burgeoning Importance of Data Analytics
Data-Related Challenges
Companies Left Behind
The Growth of Analytics Programs
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Notes
Chapter 2 The Fundamentals of Contemporary Data A Primer on What It Is, Why It Matters, and How to Get It
Types of Data
Getting the Data
Data in Motion
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Notes
Chapter 3 The Fundamentals of Analytics Peeling Back the Onion
Defining Analytics
Types of Analytics
Streaming Data Revisited
A Final Word on Analytics
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Notes
Part Two Agile Methods and Analytics
Chapter 4 A Better Way to Work The Benefits and Core Values of Agile Development
The Case against Traditional Analytics Projects
Proving the Superiority of Agile Methods
The Case for Guidelines over Rules
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Notes
Chapter 5 Introducing Scrum Looking at One of Today’s Most Popular Agile Methods
A Very Brief History
Scrum Teams
User Stories
Backlogs
Sprints and Meetings
Releases
Estimation Techniques
Other Scrum Artifacts, Tools, and Concepts
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Notes
Chapter 6 A Framework for Agile Analytics A Simple Model for Gathering Insights
Perform Business Discovery
Perform Data Discovery
Prepare the Data
Model the Data
Score and Deploy
Evaluate and Improve
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Notes
Part Three Analytics in Action
Chapter 7 University Tutoring Center An In-Depth Case Study on Agile Analytics
The UTC and Project Background
Project Goals and Kickoff
Iteration One
Iteration Two
Iteration Three
Iteration Four
Results
Lessons
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Notes
Chapter 8 People Analytics at Google/Alphabet Not Your Father’s HR Department
The Value of Business Experiments
PiLab’s Adventures in Analytics
A Better Approach to Hiring
Staffing
The Value of Perks
Results and Lessons
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Notes
Chapter 9 The Anti-Google Beneke Pharmaceuticals
Project Background
Business and Data Discovery
The Friction Begins
Astonishing Results
Developing Options
The Grand Finale
Results and Lessons
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Notes
Chapter 10 Ice Station Zebra Medical How Agile Methods Solved a Messy Health-Care Data Problem
Paying Nurses
Enter the Consultant
User Stories
Agile: The Better Way
Results
Lessons
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Notes
Chapter 11 Racial Profiling at Nextdoor Using Data to Build a Better App and Combat a PR Disaster
Unintended but Familiar Consequences
Evaluating the Problem
Results and Lessons
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Notes
Part Four Making the Most Out of Agile Analytics
Chapter 12 The Benefits of Agile Analytics The Upsides of Small Batches
Life at IAC
Life at RDC
Comparing the Two
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Notes
Chapter 13 No Free Lunch The Impediments to—and Limitations of—Agile Analytics
People Issues
Data Issues
The Limitations of Agile Analytics
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Notes
Chapter 14 The Importance of Designing for Data Lessons from the Upstarts
The Genes of Music
The Tension between Data and Design
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Notes
Part Five Conclusions and Next Steps
Chapter 15 What Now? A Look Forward
A Tale of Two Retailers
The Blurry Futures of Data, Analytics, and Related Issues
Final Thoughts and Next Steps
Notes
Afterword
Acknowledgments
Selected Bibliography
Books
Articles and Essays
About the Author
Index
EULA
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