Best Practice for Analysts and Developers – 2 x 1/2 day Workshops

This Workshop is designed for you if..

You want to help your analysts and developers to:

• work in the most productive, effective and efficient way
• produce correct and consistent results
• have “satisfied customers”

Knoware consultants have been working with analysts and developers in large organisations for over 20 years – (government departments, banks, insurance, telecoms and other industries).

We have seen what works well, and more importantly common approaches that don’t work well. In addition, Knoware consultants regularly attend international conferences and undertake on-going research to ensure our Best Practice knowledge is current.

Workshops Overview:

We provide two different workshop sessions, which are designed as a series – or can be taken individually. We recommend these are run at different times, as running them both on the same day can be too intense, and result in less effective uptake of information. The workshops are:

• Best Practice for Analysts or Developers – Non-technical session
• Best Practice for Analysts or Developers – Technical session, SAS specific

Feedback from Attendees

Feedback on these sessions about our presenter and the content has been very positive

“Easy to listen to. Very capable with a wide knowledge base.”
“Very engaging – very interesting presentation.”
“Fast-paced, kept people engaged.”   “Felt encouraged to talk up in sessions.”
“A great start-off point for conversation about process improvements, documentation, gaps etc. Very helpful in re-focusing and helping to step back a bit and take a look at how you work”

Date:
This course is run according to demand
– please contact us to express your interest

Cost:
Please contact our team for the latest pricing

Start/Finish Times:
8:45am Registration, Seminar 9:00am to 12:30pm

Presenter:
Colin Harris, Knoware’s Technical Director with over 20 years’ analytics and BI experience

Venue:
To be advised for public courses, or can be held in your offices for in-house seminars

Note: Please bring your own device (BYOD) or paper for note taking

Workshop 1: Best practice for analysts or developers – non-technical session

Audience:

• Quantitative and qualitative analysts
• Business analysts
• Developers creating BI or analytical systems
• Managers and Project Managers

Contents:

• Common issues for analysts and developers
• Project phases/lifecycle (including Agile methodology)
  • Recommendations for each stage of the lifecycle
  • From request for work through to delivery of results
  • QA and peer review
• Communications
  • Setting and managing expectations
  • Effective communications
• Information and data management – overview level
  • Effective methodology and architecture
  • Data ownership and stewardship
  • Business rules and agreed definitions for correct and consistent results
• General tips
  • Re-use – not reinventing the wheel
  • Culture for producing good results
• Time for interactive debate and discussion

Workshop 2: Best practice for analysts or developers – technical session

Audience:

• Quantitative analysts
• Business analysts who use SAS
• Developers creating BI or analytical systems
• Managers and Project Managers who want to be aware of technical best practice

Contents:

• Information and data management – at a technical level
  • Effective methodology and architecture
  • Business rules implementation
  • Naming standards
• SAS and IT guidelines
  • Understanding “under the covers” for better results
  • Efficiency tips – for human and processing efficiency
  • SAS Development Standards
  • Documentation
• General tips
• Time for interactive debate and discussion