Data for Decisions

Data-driven decision-making is big news, since big data is so ubiquitous and available now. Collecting the right – and useful - data, leads to being able to analyse it for assistance in making decisions. 

However, that data usually ends up in documents. Those documents are then used to help make the decisions. So, obviously, those documents should be prepared and presented with a decision, or strategy, in mind. Documents are prepared using the analysed data, in order to present a decision, or to assist in making the decision.  Too often, documents present the information without reference to the required outcome. Collecting the right – and useful - data, leads to being able to analyse it for assistance in making decisions.