Tell me What you Want, What you Really, Really Want: How to Identify the Real Business Question
Believe it or not, data practitioners get hired to answer business questions. But what is a business question? What does it look like in practice? And how can you make sure that you're on the same page as your stakeholders about the end result of collaboration? This talk will present frameworks to help you understand and uncover your stakeholder’s business question so you can deliver an actionable data product.
Believe it or not, data practitioners get hired to answer business questions. But what is a business question? What does it look like in practice? And how can you make sure that you're on the same page as your stakeholders about the end result of collaboration?
This talk will present a framework to help you understand and uncover your stakeholder’s business question so you can deliver an actionable data product. We’ll share advice on how to:
- Uncover the outcomes and objectives for a request,
- Connect it to the business,
- Begin identifying the steps needed to make this happen, and
- How to do this in a way that builds trust and rapport with collaborators.