Understanding product delivery

Product delivery involves ensuring that a product or service is developed in a timely and cost-effective way, meeting the user needs. Skill level Description Awareness You can:manage your contribution to tasks to fit in with the work of your wider team Working You can:show an awareness of the differences between delivery methods, such as Agile … Read more

Data regulation and ethics

Data protection and ethics involves understanding the ethical and legal obligations of storing and protecting business critical information, and encouraging responsible data use. Skill level Description Awareness This skill level is currently not defined. Working You can:apply relevant data and ethical frameworks and standards to your workunderstand all aspects of data governance and use, ensuring … Read more

Data engineering and manipulation

Data engineering involves ensuring the correct systems are available to enable the collection, analysis and extrapolation of data. Skill level Description Awareness You can:show an awareness of the need for engineering support to design and deliver products into the organisationappreciate the need to cleanse and prepare data before including it in data science products and … Read more

Data Wrangling Steps

Each data project requires a unique approach to ensure its final dataset is reliable and accessible. That being said, several processes typically inform the approach. These are commonly referred to as data wrangling steps or activities. 1. Discovery Discovery refers to the process of familiarizing yourself with data so you can conceptualize how you might use … Read more

Agile and Lean practices

Agile delivery involves encouraging teams to build incrementally, test and iterate their work based on regular feedback and other useful data. Skill level Description Awareness This skill level is currently not defined. Working You can:demonstrate experience in applying Agile principles in practiceprovide a clear, open and transparent framework in which teams can delivershow an awareness … Read more

Project management

Project management involves understanding the life cycle of a project to achieve its objectives within the agreed parameters. Skill level Description Awareness You can:show an awareness of project management techniques, and an appreciation of how they are applied in the environment Working You can:apply your knowledge and experience of project management methodologies, including tools and … Read more

Logical and creative thinking

You can apply logic and creativity to approach a problem. Skill level Description Awareness You can:identify problems in databases, data processes, data products and services, with an understanding of the level of a problem (for example, strategic, tactical or operational)contribute to the implementation of remedies and preventative measures Working You can:respond to problems in databases, … Read more

Statistical methods and data analysis

Applied mathematics and statistics involves applying analytical methods including exploratory data analysis, visualisation and statistical testing to help make accurate recommendations. Skill level Description Awareness You can:understand the theoretical basis for applied practicesbegin to apply the theory to practical examples Working You can:understand how and when to practically apply existing best practice solutions Practitioner You … Read more

Data visualisation

Data visualisation involves producing graphical representations that communicate data, such as charts and graphs. Skill level Description Awareness You can:work under direction to use the most appropriate medium to visualise data to tell a story, relevant to the fully defined goals and able to be acted uponpresent, communicate and disseminate analysis and recommendations appropriately, under … Read more

Data management

You can understand data sources, data organisation and storage. Skill level Description Awareness You can:show an awareness of organisational data governance, and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structures Working You can:understand data governance and how it works in relation to other organisational governance structuresparticipate in or deliver the assurance of a … Read more