The Data Science Team (Part 4)

The Data / Business Analyst

https://www.alvinang.sg/s/The-Data-Science-Team-by-Dr-Alvn-Ang.pdf

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Contents

• Part 1 Introduction
• Part 2: Singapore’s ICT Skills Framework
• Part 3: The Data Science Pipeline
• Part 4: The Data / Business Analyst
• Part 5: The Data Scientist
• Part 6: The Data Engineer
• Part 7: The Developer

Job Scope

• Acting as a team-lead on assigned projects and assignments; and providing work direction to the developers and other project stakeholders.
• Communicating clearly to the key stakeholders.
• Help businesses cost-effectively implement technology solutions.
• Determining the requirements of a project or a program.
• Documenting and translating customer business functions and processes.
• Warranting the system design is perfect as per the needs of the customer.
• Participating in functionality testing and user acceptance testing of the new system
• Helping technically in training and coaching professional and technical staff.
• Developing a training programme and conducting formal training sessions covering designated systems module.

Example

Charles and Ketih Data Analyst

References

• https://towardsdatascience.com/data-engineer-vs-data-scientist-vs-business-analyst-b68d201364bc
• https://medium.com/engineerbabu/roles-and-responsibilities-of-a-business-analyst-540f20a030c4

About Dr. Alvin Ang

www.AlvinAng.sg

Dr. Alvin Ang earned his Ph.D., Masters and Bachelor degrees from NTU, Singapore.

Previously he was a Principal Consultant (Data Science) as well as an Assistant Professor. He was also 8 years SUSS adjunct lecturer. His focus and interest is in the area of real world data science. Though an operational researcher by study, his passion for practical applications outweigh his academic background

He is a scientist, entrepreneur, as well as a personal/business advisor. More about him at www.AlvinAng.sg.

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