Defining a high-performing analytical team

What does it mean to have a high-performing advanced analytics and AI team?

It means that the team is staffed with the highest-caliber team members that you can attract, afford, and retain. The team is cohesive and collaborative and willing to review the projects of each other and sub-teams. The team members are willing to work together for the greater good of the whole team.

The advanced analytics and AI team members connect professionally with executive and senior managers across the entire company. When the analytics team interacts with senior managers and executives, the staff members outside the advanced analytics team have a positive and assured reaction to the team members. The advanced analytics team members work in a collaborative manner with the subject matter experts and each group respects the other and builds trust across the teams.

The advanced analytics team presents initial results with confidence and receives feedback and input from internal and external parties to improve data quality, model results, and the fit of the applications built for use by end users and business analysts and other data scientists outside the advanced analytics and AI team. Projects are scoped, described, undertaken, and completed and the groups move on to execute subsequent projects with enthusiasm and engagement.

When these foundational team dynamics are in place and improving over time, you have achieved the establishment of a high-functioning advanced analytics capability for your team and organization.