More and more with tech Project Managers, we’re seeing a multi-discipline approach to the role, ditching the “old ways” of project management in favor of agility and adding extra value to the team. One of these approaches is to be an analytical Project Manager, incorporating tactics from the typical Business Analyst role into day-to-day facilitation […]
Posts Tagged ‘business analytics’
Meet Perficient’s Chief Strategists: Mike Porter
Thrilling our clients with innovation and impact – it’s not just rhetoric. This belief is instrumental for our clients’ success. In 2018, we introduced our Chief Strategists, who provide vision and leadership to help our clients remain competitive. Get to know each of our strategists as they share unique insights on their areas of expertise. Understanding […]
Rethinking the Role of the Quality Assurance (QA) Team
I had the opportunity in my career to create a quality assurance (QA) team from scratch for a small software development company. Prior to this, developers and project managers would do all the testing. After petitioning for quite some time that this was not the best approach to ensuring quality, I was finally given the […]
OBIEE 12.2.1.1 supports additional Big Data & Cloud apps
OBIEE release 12.2.1.1 not only boasts improved Data Visualization capabilities as I outlined earlier this week, but there are many important updates to source system support. One of the main drivers of this is that OBIEE now supports DataDirect 7.1.5. For those of you unfamiliar with DataDirect, it is a set of ODBC drivers from Progress Software […]
OBIEE Collaborative Analytics Enables Decision Making & Action
Organizations that rely on Oracle Business Intelligence (OBIEE) as their standard analytics platform may have already reaped the benefits of a common enterprise reporting solution from a data accuracy and accessibility perspective. However, they are most likely still using traditional means of collaboration. This entails communication of reported results, explanation of what they mean, their […]
Meet with Perficient at IBM Vision 2016
Perficient is proud to once again sponsor the IBM Vision conference, the premier business analytics and performance management conference for finance, risk management and sales compensation professionals. Visit us during the event from May 9-12 at booth #2 in the EXPO Hall, where you can learn how we’ve leveraged our expertise to deliver award-winning solutions […]
3 things to remember in the EXPO center at InterConnect 2016
1 – Pay attention as you’re moving around the EXPO center and notice where you are. The rows and booths all start to look a like. The good news is for the most part the type of product / services being offered are in the same general area, so that should help you find […]
3 Trends for Data & Analytics in 2016
Data, data, data! IBM estimates that 90% of the data in the world today has been created in the last two years. When we use our computers, tablets and smartphones, immense volumes of data are being generated. Companies are tapping into this data as a potential source of competitive advantage. After harnessing this data, predictive analytics […]
SPSS Does Regular Expressions
Well. OK, it does use Python, but you can use Python and regular expressions within IBM SPSS. Regular expressions allow you to do complex string searches with a minimal amount of coding. Both IBM SPSS Statistics and Modeler do a good job with string manipulation. However, you often are faced with performing complex string searches […]
‘Tis the Holiday Season!
With Thanksgiving behind us and Christmas right around the corner, it is once again, the most wonderful time of the year! Especially if you are passionate about bargain hunting and the holiday shopping festival that it is. But for some of us, this time of year can be most stressful, ahem…especially if you are one […]
The cloud delivers the benefits of Predictive Maintenance sooner
I’m looking forward to co-presenting a webinar on Thursday, Dec. 3rd on how the cloud can deliver the benefits of predictive maintenance sooner, and I invite you to join. Abstract: Asset-intensive industries are becoming increasingly instrumented and connected, motivated by the immediate need to improve efficiency or via interest in the potential of the Internet […]
Advanced Analytics for All
IBM’s Advanced Analytics story is now powerful yet simple. It focuses on ALL! Hybrid (heterogeneous architectures), trust (ensuring end-to-end accuracy and trust in the entire system), and agility (speed of thought analysis) are the core principles for this transformation to IBM’s Analytics portfolio. The product stack comprises Cognos Analytics, Watson Analytics, and Spark sparking SPSS […]