Definition: An environment containing all data repositories, data-processing systems, data-handling systems, data distribution services, analytics systems, and stakeholders of such data and data-relat...

Definition: A standardized sequence of stages through which all Analytics projects progress. Commentary:

Definition: The ecosystem of technologies and infrastructure that supports the creation and execution of analytics. Commentary: An organization’s analytics tools can include specialist analytics pac...

Definition: A framework for the sequence of activities to be performed though the data analysis lifecycle. Commentary:

Definition: (analytics – the “thing”): The process of examining data sets in order to draw conclusions about the information they contain.   (Analytics – the function): Th...

Definition: A collection of analysis activities that provide added value to business users or customers. Commentary:

Definition: The final model or outcome from analytics, including the results of a specific analysis captured in a table, report or summary. Commentary:

Definition: A database used to store historical information for read-only analytical query purposes. Commentary:

Definition: The function that enables consistent and standardized access, governance and control to an organization’s information assets. Commentary: Information architecture is one of the subco...