Cara Dienes

Making Decisions About Decision-making: Analytics Practitioners & Their Role in Meta-decision Making

Analytics practitioners are called upon to support decision makers – and in the process, must make decisions of their own! Join in for this discussion that considers how analytics practitioners can play a role as the architects of decision making and supporting processes, in part by considering the various attributes of the decisions themselves (e.g., repeatability, the presence of uncertainty or constraints, clarity on objectives, and the availability of data – just to name a few). Walk away with a taxonomy of decision types, and how various attributes of the decisions themselves can provide guidance for analytics practitioners who are developing data-driven processes to support decision makers – as well as thought starters on how you can become a decision architect for your organization.