{"id":160,"date":"2023-08-30T17:20:52","date_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:20:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/james@data-cubed.co.uk"},"modified":"2023-08-30T17:20:52","modified_gmt":"2023-08-30T15:20:52","slug":"is-one-data-analyst-ever-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/data-cubed.eu\/blog\/is-one-data-analyst-ever-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Is one data analyst ever enough?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

How applying a multi-skilled team to a data analytics project delivers results<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

We work with businesses of all sizes\u2026and they have a wide range of data-focused employees. The big businesses have large data teams\u2026the SMEs have one analyst\u2026and the start-ups have multi-skilled individuals who do everything in the business\u2026literally everything. But, when it comes to data, we see a common mistake\u200a\u2014\u200aasking one data person to do everything on a data project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A trio of data skills<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

We believe you need a trio of data skills, on a data project, as a minimum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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If you\u2019re missing one of these skills on a project, it won\u2019t work\u2026or not as well, at least. If you miss out the data consultant, you risk the project not delivering any commercial value. If you miss out the data analyst, you risk not being able to access, combine and analyse the more complex data sources. If you miss out the data visualiser, you risk not sharing the insight from your work in an intuitive way. You need all three to be assured of a successful data project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


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The data consultant will create the use case\u2026<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This person needs to properly understand the business, the product\/s, the market, the customer\/s, the distributors and the business levers that can be pulled to influence costs and revenue. This knowledge needs to be applied to creating a commercial use case for the data project, for instance:<\/p>\n\n\n\n