Analysis Planning and Communication

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What processes/templates/tools do you have in place to reduce the iterative churn in your analyses and projects? We spend far too much time doing high-lift/low-return exploratory analysis with six time-strapped decision-makers involved because we haven't been able to cut through the noise and get to the actual question we're solving for. The ambiguity inevitably drifts down to the analyst team, who know the least of anyone about the goals …

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