Do you want to climb the career ladder and change your trajectory from simply being a developer of data to managing it?
Today’s guest is Liza Layne, Lead Data Analytics Manager at Eurostar. As a woman in tech working with data and an original BI Dashboard Formula student, Liza shares three career-changing steps for analytical leaders and developers.
Liza on Scoping data projects - “As soon as you start talking about money, people’s availability suddenly opens up.” [33:08]
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3 Knowledge Bombs
- Liza on Step 1 - Identify ‘who’ does what for BI Analytics projects.
- Liza on Step 2 - Visualize what will be achieved and delivered.
- Liza on Step 3 -Define KPIs to develop skills and capture data metrics.
In this episode, you'll learn:
- [12:10] - Programming Powers: Liza got into tech to be a winner and take things apart.
- [19:15] - What is Eurostar and Liza’s role?
- [21:31] - How Liza met Mico and became BIDF royalty.
- [23:35] - Data Development: Which approach to follow? Kimball, Agile, Waterfall....
- [24:45] - Why did Liza decide to sign-up for BIDF course? Learn from mistakes made when projects failed.
- [26:19] - Key Quote: You learn from those mistakes in order to make better decisions. - Liza Layne
- [28:08] - Step 1 - Who: Everybody plays a significant role in BI projects, including SMEs, sponsors, and staff.
- [31:30] - Excuses: Don’t have time? Then, don’t expect anything to be delivered.
- [34:42] - Step 2 - Visualization: What goals/objectives need to be achieved and delivered?
- [41:28] - Step 3 - KPIs: Clearly define and develop skills to capture data metrics.
- [43:15] - Techniques and Transparency: Share what you can to help others understand.
- [48:03] - Key Quote: In order for you to deliver anything, if people don’t buy into it, you’re never going to get anywhere. - Liza Layne
- [57:10] - What is Anita Borg’s organization, and why volunteer to be a tech ally?
Liza on the business value today - “Data is gold.” [45:35]
Links and Resources mentioned in this episode:
- Lizas Must-Have Books & Tools!
- Liza Run the Anita Borg London Chapter supporting women in tech!
- Liza works at Eurostar as the Lead of Data and Analytics!
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- Download our FREE 50-Page Analytics Design Guide Template
- Register today for upcoming BI Data Storytelling (BIDS) Accelerator Online 2-day Event!
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