Tuesday, 3 September 2019

What Tools Should a Good Analyst have in Their Toolbox? (part 1 = technical)

Continuing our theme of tools for analytics teams, what tools should analysts have in their toolbox? It’s a broad question and one with diverging views. So, I am delighted to welcome back a guest blogger who doesn’t shy away from controversy.

Martin Squires is a very experienced Analytics leader, whom I’ve previously interviewed in our audio series. He has also posted before on why he disagrees with the use of Business Partners (a view I countered here).

I hope this post might be the start of a series of perspectives. But, for now, over to Martin to share his wisdom on what should be in your toolbox…

Getting caught up in comparison

With the plethora of new kit that seems to come out every year (or even month), it’s easy to get lost in the depths of debates about R vs Python, Azure vs AWS etc etc. When asked about my favourite tools it reminded me that I don’t get the pleasure to be “hands-on” for a living anymore.

But what I do have to do is to try and make sure teams I lead have the right tools, competency frameworks and development plans. So I thought I’d take it back a step or two and try and look at what I’d still want to learn if I was setting out on the development path today. What I’d recommend for ...


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