Capability 07
Data & Analytics
Before a metric is built, we settle which decision it is meant to support. Only then is anything calculated — not the other way round.
Contributes to
A capability is a means. The linked areas describe what it is used for.
Scope
What specifically gets built.
Every line is a commitment about future work — none of it is a claim about completed projects.
Metrics with a documented definition
Reports per role rather than one report for everyone
Time series from your own operations
Export into the formats already in use
Reports sent automatically on a fixed schedule
Technology
The decisions behind it.
Categories rather than vendor names — which product is used depends on your existing systems.
- Analysis close to the data store, no second copy
- Pre-computation only where queries would otherwise be too slow
- Traceable origin for every number
Out of scope
What is not included.
So that no time in the intro call is spent on an expectation we do not meet anyway.
- No data warehouse for its own sake
- No metric without an owner
- No forecasts without a sufficient data basis
These eight capabilities are means, not offerings. Which of them are used follows from the process — not the other way round. If you are not sure which ones you need, that is the normal case and not a problem.