Starting Impactful for your first Data Product
A five days hands-on program to start your Data Analytics Project in your industry
Aligning stakeholders across the organization on a clear vision of the Data Analytics Project is a crucial first step. Without all this, we’ve seen companies build disparate single-use data applications with limited engagement by the business and no way to attribute value from use cases back to the application.
Following the logic of a blueprint, participants start by crafting the objective for the data-based application. Either focus on optimizing processes, cutting costs or boosting productivity, the prioritization is conducted based on its value maximization potential. The Return On Investment formula is define during this first stage.
With this objective agreed by all stakeholders, the design is done by mapping the user flow and data architecture, selecting the most valuable features and ensuring security, and compliance.
Usability testing of the built functional prototype is conduct with end-users, allowing to iteratively refine it based on feedback.
The workshop ends with an implementation roadmap and identified strategies for scaling the application.
Define the Industrial and Technical Specifications of your Data Driven Applications
The Objectives of this Workshop are to:
- Select the first application that will have a clear operational added value (ROI is measurable)
- Gain the consensus of all involved parties ; from industrial site experts to data and technical teams
- Validate its usability
- Formalize a remediation plan for all the potential blockers identified (let them be technical, organizational, industrial, etc.)
As a Key Result of this program you will have the specifications of your application including the functional and technical ones. Through user testing methodology you will have validated its usability. A structured next steps action plan per team will be the guarantee of a successful Go Live!
It’s essential, before starting this journey, that industrial experts already have a basic understanding of the concept of data analytics.
Organizational level and functions for the Data Analytics Project's Team
Even if we don’t know before hands what will be the application (obviously), the industrial Unit (e.g. production or quality or maintenance, etc.) has already been picked up.
With the objective to make the outcome of the workshop a real actionable, the Project Team represents all the departments involved. It includes the people handling on a daily basis the main activities of the Unit and the Teams supporting them such as IT and OT departments. Not to forget the Data Teams who will have a main role.
To keep everyone focused, productive and to move fast the ideal size for the workshop is seven people as a maximum. To note, the Decider needs to be part of the Workshop. If he.she cannot join for the whole time, he.she will be present during key milestones. In addition, he.she nominates a Delegate who will be in the room all the time.
To be efficient, this program is schedule for five days in a row. Each tasks last 90 minutes, letting participants handle daily operations constrains and potential emergencies.
Deliver the core of your Industrial Data Analytics Project in just five days
The methodology followed in this workshop is an adaptation of the « Sprint » approach developed by Google Ventures. Each day has it’s own objective and specific organization. The organized step by step process is the guarantee to deliver in just one week the data-based answer for the industrial problem initially picked.
The main structure can be summarized as the following:
- Day 1 is spent in choosing the target;
- In Day 2 competing solutions are sketched;
- During Day 3 after having selected the best solution, the solution storyboard is formalized including the core features;
- Day 4 is dedicated to build a realistic prototype taking in account your habits and specificities and also gathering best practices;
- The last day, Day 5, after having presented the solution and iterating on feedbacks, a gap analysis is conducted allowing to define the next steps action plan.
Do not hesitate to contact us to set a meeting during which we will present you the detailed methodology and organization.
A transformative 5-day journey to revolutionize your industrial operations through the power of data-driven applications.
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