Advancing Data and Analytics
Power the Pack with Trusted Data
At NC State, we’re transforming how the university uses data to make informed decisions. Our comprehensive strategy focuses on five key components to enhance our valuable data and analytics as business assets.
Why advance data and analytics? Imagine making critical university decisions: would you rely on anecdotes and guesswork or evidence-based analysis? We choose data and analytics.
What is university data and analytics? It’s the data used to inform operational and business decisions. It does not include data for individual research, scholarship, or creative activities.
Our Vision: A future where trusted data enhances decision-making and drives NC State’s success.
Transforming Data and Analytics: UDA and campus partners are leading a comprehensive transformation of NC State’s data and analytics. This evolution will ask people to adopt significant changes in tools, processes, functions, and behaviors.
Our Comprehensive Strategy
Setting the course to systematically address improvements and advance university data and analytics for enhanced decision-making.
Data Governance Program
Modern Enterprise Infrastructure
Dashboards, Reports, and Analytics
University Data Catalog
Data Literacy Outreach
Key Initiatives
Data Governance Program
The Data Governance Program ensures maximum-value data assets and reduced risks through responsible management and usage.
Key Benefits:
- Trust that data assets are high quality.
- Resolve data quality and access issues through a clear path.
- Hold appropriate access to needed data.
References:
NC State Data Governance
University Data and Analytics 3D memo
University Data and Analytics Organization
Modern Enterprise Infrastructure
Modern enterprise infrastructures offer developer access to integrated data from common tools.
Key Benefits:
- Use consistent data and avoid discrepancies.
- Boost efficiency with streamlined, user-friendly tools.
- Capitalize easily on future opportunities to expand data and analytics capabilities.
References:
Power BI informational webpage
Dashboards, Reports, and Analytics
Dashboards, reports and analytics provide expanded coverage of the university’s data and analytics needs.
Key Benefits:
- Access more metrics on more topics from integrated data sources.
- Expand from basic reports to next-level analytics.
University Data Catalog
The University Data Catalog provides one-stop access to trusted dashboards and reports.
Key Benefits:
- Find reports with consistent data and business definitions.
- Search, filter and explore data products with ease.
- Understand data trustworthiness and sensitivity at-a-glance.
Data Literacy Training & Outreach
Data literacy training and outreach enables skilled and comfortable usage of NC State assets.
Key Benefits:
- Develop practical skills for effective data analysis and interpretation.
- Increase comfort making informed decisions.
- Share in common understandings of terminology and metrics.
- Evaluate the context, strengths and limitations of available data and derived products
High Level Timeline
