Summary

As noted at the beginning of this chapter, moving from a project or program perspective to production operations is a critical juncture and transition in every analytics effort. This transition is the point in the analytics process where the majority of projects fail. This level of failure is surprising and disappointing to me personally. I have been vexed by this hurdle and have spent years looking for ways to increase the rate at which analytics projects become successful business projects through skillful navigation of this transition with our functional managers and subject matter expert collaborators.

Analytics professionals need to grasp the importance of successfully completing this transition. This transition is critical to achieving value realization. We, as analytics professionals, need to be aware that our projects, beyond finding interesting insights and information, only deliver value if the models are moved into production and help drive improvements in operations...