What I have seen, is that people don't have any idea what business questions they want answered. They start from the data because someone told them it was important to use it. But their goals are usually very vague. Along the lines of, "How are things going?"
The most important part of the process in that case is to help them create a list of questions they want answers to. Then you can see which ones might be supported by current data, which ones will need new data, and which ones are just hopeless.
This is so true and something I talk to my customers and team about every day.. start with the business issue or problem your trying to solve for, determine if you have the right data or telemetry and lastly quality of data.. Then you can determine the delta / gap and move forward deterministically..
What I have seen, is that people don't have any idea what business questions they want answered. They start from the data because someone told them it was important to use it. But their goals are usually very vague. Along the lines of, "How are things going?"
The most important part of the process in that case is to help them create a list of questions they want answers to. Then you can see which ones might be supported by current data, which ones will need new data, and which ones are just hopeless.
Great point made!
This is so true and something I talk to my customers and team about every day.. start with the business issue or problem your trying to solve for, determine if you have the right data or telemetry and lastly quality of data.. Then you can determine the delta / gap and move forward deterministically..
Thanks for the validation! :)