CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 4, 2025

This article goes behind the scenes on whats fueling Blocks investment in developer experience, key initiatives including the role of an engineering intelligence platform , and how the company measures and drives success. Block reports quarterly on DEVIQ progress to the entire executive team.

Experimentation 69

Experimentation Metrics Data-driven Measurement 69

O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 13, 2020

To support verification in these areas, a product manager must first ensure that the AI system is capable of reporting back to the product team about its performance and usefulness over time. Returning to previous anti-bias and AI transparency tools such as Model Cards for Model Reporting (Timnit Gebru, et al.)

Management 314

Management Machine Learning Metrics Modeling 314

AWS Big Data

JANUARY 15, 2025

In the following section, two use cases demonstrate how the data mesh is established with Amazon DataZone to better facilitate machine learning for an IoT-based digital twin and BI dashboards and reporting using Tableau. The applications are hosted in dedicated AWS accounts and require a BI dashboard and reporting services based on Tableau.

IoT 111

IoT Machine Learning Metadata Data-driven 111

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 20, 2024

To achieve this, CIOs need to redefine what high performance means at three levels: The CIO’s leadership team of direct reports should focus on developing executive relationships, leading communications, driving diversity, and defining digital KPIs.

IT 141

IT Digital Transformation Experimentation Risk 141

datapine

JANUARY 31, 2022

For example, in regards to marketing, traditional advertising methods of spending large amounts of money on TV, radio, and print ads without measuring ROI aren’t working like they used to. They’re about having the mindset of an experimenter and being willing to let data guide a company’s decision-making process. The results?

Business Intelligence 214

Business Intelligence Analytics Cost-Benefit ROI 214

CIO Business Intelligence

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

Frustrated by the lack of generative AI tools, he discovers a free online tool that analyzes his data and generates the report he needs in a fraction of the usual time. Integrate AI-specific security measures into existing IT frameworks to mitigate risks and safeguard against potential threats. The accolades are short-lived.

Experimentation 112

Experimentation Risk Cost-Benefit Strategy 112

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

APRIL 23, 2024

the weight given to Likes in our video recommendation algorithm) while $Y$ is a vector of outcome measures such as different metrics of user experience (e.g., Taking measurements at parameter settings further from control parameter settings leads to a lower variance estimate of the slope of the line relating the metric to the parameter.

Experimentation 52

Experimentation Optimization Uncertainty Metrics 52

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 12, 2013

I strongly encourage you to read the post and deeply understand all three and what your marketing and measurement possibilities and limitations are. The simplest way to start is to look at your Assisted Conversions report in Google Analytics. You can use the Top Conversion Paths report. But show the actual report.

Modeling 162

Modeling Optimization Marketing Interactive 162

Occam's Razor

JANUARY 7, 2014

12: Almost all reporting is off custom reports. #11: 6: All automated reports are turned off on a random day/week/month each quarter to assess use/value. #5: The organization functions off a clearly defined Digital Marketing & Measurement Model. #1. Reporting Squirrels vs. Analysis Ninjas.

Data-driven 142

Data-driven Consulting Reporting Marketing 142

CIO Business Intelligence

MAY 1, 2024

Pilots can offer value beyond just experimentation, of course. McKinsey reports that industrial design teams using LLM-powered summaries of user research and AI-generated images for ideation and experimentation sometimes see a reduction upward of 70% in product development cycle times. What are you measuring?

Cost-Benefit 143

Cost-Benefit Metrics Insurance Measurement 143

Occam's Razor

APRIL 8, 2013

We are far too enamored with data collection and reporting the standard metrics we love because others love them because someone else said they were nice so many years ago. First, you figure out what you want to improve; then you create an experiment; then you run the experiment; then you measure the results and decide what to do.

Metrics 157

Metrics KPI Analytics Key Performance Indicator 157

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 15, 2024

According to the State of DevOps Report 2023 , only 18% of organizations achieved elite performance by deploying on demand, having a 5% change failure rate, and recovering from any failed deployment in under an hour.

Enterprise 143

Enterprise Testing Business Objectives Experimentation 143

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 13, 2024

Proof that even the most rigid of organizations are willing to explore generative AI arrived this week when the US Department of the Air Force (DAF) launched an experimental initiative aimed at Guardians, Airmen, civilian employees, and contractors. For now, AFRL is experimenting with self-hosted open-source LLMs in a controlled environment.

Testing 120

Testing Experimentation Data Processing Modeling 120

Occam's Razor

JULY 18, 2011

You just have to have the right mental model (see Seth Godin above) and you have to… wait for it… wait for it… measure everything you do! For everything you do it is important to measure your effectiveness of all three phases of your effort: Acquisition. You’re trying to measure how well you are doing to: Send emails.

Metrics 138

Metrics Marketing Measurement Cost-Benefit 138

CIO Business Intelligence

MARCH 12, 2024

The maturity of any development organization can easily be measured in terms of the size and type of investment made in QA,” he says. Early results from a pilot program for gen AI development are encouraging, Tandon says, with developers reporting that gen AI streamlines code generation, debugging, and code consistency.

Software 131

Software Experimentation Testing Cost-Benefit 131

Rocket-Powered Data Science

JULY 7, 2019

Computer Vision: Data Mining: Data Science: Application of scientific method to discovery from data (including Statistics, Machine Learning, data visualization, exploratory data analysis, experimentation, and more). Industry 4.0 NLG is a software process that transforms structured data into human-language content. 3) Warehouse / Logistics. (4)

Internet of Things 157

Internet of Things Machine Learning Manufacturing IoT 157

DataKitchen

OCTOBER 5, 2021

DataOps enables: Rapid experimentation and innovation for the fastest delivery of new insights to customers. Clear measurement and monitoring of results. Measure success. Process measurement – construct dashboards on every aspect of the data lifecycle for unprecedented process transparency. Low error rates.

Testing 154

Testing Dashboards Measurement Experimentation 154

Smart Data Collective

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

In a report on the failure rates of drug discovery efforts between 2013 and 2015, Richard K. An open and impartial AI model should be able to inject a measure of transparency into this process along with the obvious efficiency advantages. Unfortunately, a substantial number of clinical trials fails in these two Phases.

Experimentation 113

Experimentation Testing Modeling Strategy 113

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

JULY 22, 2020

Instead, we focus on the case where an experimenter has decided to run a full traffic ramp-up experiment and wants to use the data from all of the epochs in the analysis. When there are changing assignment weights and time-based confounders, this complication must be considered either in the analysis or the experimental design.

Experimentation 96

Experimentation Statistics Testing Knowledge Discovery 96

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 4, 2022

The early days of the pandemic taught organizations like Avery Dennison the power of agility and experimentation. We are just starting to come back into the office, but in six months we’ll have a much better measure” of efficiencies gained. “I Employee crowdsourcing can yield breakthrough ideas.

Experimentation 133

Experimentation Interactive Business Objectives Manufacturing 133

CIO Business Intelligence

DECEMBER 19, 2024

ESG skills becoming a must-have at some organizations As organizations and government agencies face increasing pressure to meet sustainability goals, knowledge of ESG reporting tools is becoming a must-have in many IT roles, Breckenridge says.

IT 52

IT IoT Machine Learning Optimization 52

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On one hand, they must foster an environment encouraging innovation, allowing for experimentation, evaluation, and learning with new technologies. This structured approach allows for controlled experimentation while mitigating the risks of over-adoption or dependency on unproven technologies.

Risk 108

Risk Experimentation Testing Strategy 108

Occam's Razor

AUGUST 13, 2012

Yehoshua Coren: Best ways to measure user behavior in a multi-touch, multi-device digital world. What's possible to measure. What's not possible to measure. We all have smart phones, laptops, tablets and soon Smart TVs – but most of our measurements are usually done in Cookies that are device/browser specific.

Modeling 125

Modeling Metrics Data Quality Data-driven 125

Occam's Razor

JULY 1, 2008

3 ] Provide you with a bushel of specific multichannel measurement ideas to help quantify the offline impact of your online presence. Why should you care about measuring multichannel impact? conversion rate (average as reported by shop.org) and you are dutifully reporting our revenue of $1 million as a result.

Analytics 116

Analytics Measurement Marketing Sales 116

CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 14, 2024

Though eager to get on the Copilot beta, the airline spent 10 weeks analyzing data security using tools like Purview and Sharegate to look at every document and artefact in their Office 365 tenant, documenting what permissions were set on them in a data leakage report before enabling Copilot. Don’t do it straight across the enterprise.

Enterprise 136

Enterprise Cost-Benefit Experimentation Modeling 136

Occam's Razor

NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Five different sources of data, that require you to have multiple tools to measure success. Experimentation & Testing : Google Website Optimizer, Offermatica, Optimost etc. Neither measures what a traditional web analytics tool does, so no overlap, but each brings its unique strengths to the business of web data.

Analytics 98

Analytics Experimentation Metrics Measurement 98

Smart Data Collective

APRIL 23, 2019

However, productivity is notoriously difficult to measure—and sometimes, even harder to improve. That’s why you need at least one of the following productivity tracking apps that help you measure and track employee productivity consistently. Productive teams are able to get more done every day.

Big Data 85

Big Data Measurement Experimentation Reporting 85

CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 18, 2022

A newly released report from Deloitte supports that, noting that a straightforward, compelling “north star” narrative is critical to success for 38% of executive respondents. They invest in cloud experimentation. A leader also needs to devote time and energy to drive a transformation forward.

Digital Transformation 145

Digital Transformation Dashboards Cost-Benefit Consulting 145

O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 23, 2023

There are more that I haven’t listed, and there will be even more by the time you read this report. That statement would certainly horrify the researchers who are working on them, but at the level we can discuss in a nontechnical report, they are very similar. Why are we starting by naming all the names?

IT 348

IT Modeling Testing Risk 348

DataKitchen

MARCH 8, 2023

This requires a culture of innovation, experimentation, and willingness to take risks and try new approaches. Measuring these goals is very important to success. As the adage goes, You can’t improve what you can’t measure. The team must be agile and flexible, able to pivot quickly and adapt to new challenges.

Analytics 130

Analytics Manufacturing Data-driven Data Analytics 130

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 18, 2023

Gen AI boom in the making Many early and established forays into generative AI are being developed on the AI platforms of cloud leaders Microsoft, Google, and Amazon, reportedly with numerous guardrails and governance measures in place to contain unrestricted exploration.

Risk 141

Risk Manufacturing Enterprise Technology 141

Occam's Razor

SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

They are often measured on impressions (or worse, "connections") and clicks. Make sure that every single report you create has acquisition, behavior and outcome metrics (download this example: Page Efficiency Analysis Report ). Make sure you report your micro-conversion rate as well. many teams for acquisition.

Marketing Analytics 156

Marketing Analytics Marketing Visualization Analytics 156

Smart Data Collective

JULY 9, 2023

One report found that global e-commerce brands spent over $16.7 These tools provide comprehensive reports and analyses that can help you understand user behavior on your website, giving you insight into vital metrics, conversion funnels, and geographical and demographic data. billion on analytics last year.

Optimization 97

Optimization Data Analytics Analytics Data-driven 97

Domino Data Lab

JUNE 13, 2019

This has led to researchers to look for ways to address the rising danger of overfitting by reconstructing datasets, measuring the accuracy, and then sharing their process. “Hundreds of publications report increasingly good performance on this same test set [10,000 samples]. . “In the same spirit as [Recht et al.,

Testing 83

Testing Data Science Experimentation Metadata 83

CIO Business Intelligence

FEBRUARY 21, 2023

“Becoming the best connected brewer is making sure we strengthen the relationships with our customers, consumers, suppliers and employees in a context that’s fully digital,” he says, who reports into the CDO and was previously senior director for global information services. There’s also a growing emphasis on improving team performance.

Sales 106

Sales Digital Transformation Experimentation Optimization 106

CIO Business Intelligence

JUNE 11, 2024

Davis shares this sentiment with other CIOs seeking a seat at the executive table, a change in reporting structure, or, at the very least, recognition beyond IT’s fundamental run-the-business operations responsibilities. Surveying employees regularly and measuring employee satisfaction (Esat) is also a best practice.

IT 136

IT Digital Transformation Broadcasting Business Objectives 136

CIO Business Intelligence

OCTOBER 9, 2023

But while the report found that growth was important, it was outranked by improving the customer experience and operational excellence. Hyatt’s experimental mindset and listen-first approach are heavily applied to IT’s pursuit of innovation, he says. That is a tall order for CIOs, who feel the pressure to do it all.

Strategy 137

Strategy Technology Experimentation Testing 137