Summary

We have a duty to teach our colleagues what can and cannot be accomplished with data and analytics. Analytics professionals and leaders need to be at the forefront of the discussion of what is a realistic project and expectations of that project and the teams that we have on staff.

We must explain and place context around our proposed programs, processes, and projects to ensure that our colleagues in the functional business units know what is expected of them – from involving their staff, to the spending of their budgets, to the timing of delivery of interim and final results.

Data is a critical element of all analytic efforts. Analytics professionals, in conjunction with the internal and external legal experts, must be the leading voices explaining and examining the internal and external data sources we will be using, integrating, and leveraging to develop insights into customers, patients, partners, operations, and more.

Analytics, legal, and business...