The First Time an ISV Realizes Their Customers Don’t Need Data Scientists Anymore

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 […]

The Fastest Way ISVs Are Adding Predictive Capabilities – Without Hiring Data Scientists

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 […]

How ISVs Can Let Their Customers Prepare Their Own Data – Without Breaking the Product

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 […]

Is the Citizen Data Scientist Approach Successful? A Ten Year Review

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 […]

Democratize Predictive Analytics and Support Citizen Data Scientists

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 are the Future of Analytics

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 […]

What I’ve Learned About Empowering Non-Technical Users With Predictive Tools

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 […]

Assessing Ten Years of the Citizen Data Scientist Approach

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, […]

Why on Earth Would I Want to Be a Citizen Data Scientist?

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, […]

What Are Citizen Data Scientists Doing Today?

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 […]