Why ISVs Are Designing for Citizen Data Scientists During a routine product review call with a mid-sized software company that had embedded analytics into its platform, I was shocked to learn that customers had begun building their own Predictive Models. These were regular business users […]
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How ISVs Add Predictive Analytics Without Data Scientists Your customers want more from your software. They no longer settle for simple reports. They want to know what happens next. They want to see future sales trends. They want to identify which customers might leave. They […]
Self-Service Data Preparation Without Product Complexity Many software providers want predictive features. Customers ask for trend analysis, churn prediction, demand planning, and smarter recommendations. Complexity rises fast once predictive features enter the roadmap. Questions appear immediately. How much Data Preparation should users handle alone? How […]
Do Teams and Businesses Really Want to Engage Citizen Data Scientists? In a recent article, Dataversity repeated a Gartner prediction that “by 2025, 95% of decisions that currently use data will be at least partially automated.” With more than ten years of Citizen Data Scientist […]
Enable Citizen Data Scientists with Predictive Analytics and BI When a business recognizes the need for analytics and fact-based decision-making, it must choose the best BI tools and analytics to meet its requirements. While it is important to carefully consider the technology landscape, the integration […]
Citizen Data Scientists Enable Analytics Across the Enterprise A recent MIT Sloan Management Review Article reported that 37% of those surveyed said they work in a data and AI-driven organization. But, all the data and analytics in the world will not help your business if […]
How Predictive Tools Empower Non-Technical Users Many organizations collect large amounts of information but struggle to turn it into decisions that feel clear and reliable. Smarten approaches this problem from a human POV. Instead of assuming Analytics belongs to specialists, it treats prediction as a […]
Ten Years Into the Citizen Data Scientist Revolution It has been a decade since Gartner first defined the role of a Citizen Data Scientist. In 2018, Forbes published an article, referencing Gartner’s updated analysis of the role and stating that, ‘And the best part is, […]
What’s a Citizen Data Scientist and Why Should I Care? In 2015, Gartner coined the term, ‘Citizen Data Scientist’ and since then, the data analytics community and global business markets have never looked back! The results of Citizen Data Scientists initiatives were spotty, at best, […]
How Has the Citizen Data Scientist Role Evolved? Ten years ago, the term ‘Citizen Data Scientist’ was coined by the world-renowned technology research firm, Gartner. The term refers to business team members whose expertise and role are not focused on analytics as a primary job […]
