As industries have become completely unpredictable, modern strategic planning requires distinct skills to determine competitive environments. This Advisor explores how troubleshooting can help you identify the competitive environment for your industry, how strategy is the design of your solution, and how your enterprise is the implementation of that solution.

Ben Porter uses several case studies to show how organizations have made progress in amplifying the value of analytics by demonstrating three actions: recognizing how value is created, focusing on delivering that value, and understanding the changes that must be adopted to ensure long-term value. He describes the four fundamental requirements for successful analytics projects (sponsor, tools, team, and project/problem) and closes with the critical assertion that value creation from analytics requires teamwork between IT, business, and analytics professionals.

Michael Papadopoulos and Philippe Monnot take a deep dive into ML projects. They address the “very powerful tendency to anthropomorphize ML and AI, imbuing it with human characteristics.” As we increasingly describe them in human terms, we often fail to make a critical distinction in the way humans and machines interpret the world.

In this Advisor, we discuss how AI impacts the teaching and learning experience and the quality of education. We also briefly explore a number of AI technologies that are being applied in education to achieve these advances.

The authors look at how to achieve robust analytics through four lenses. They begin by identifying effectiveness as the first hallmark, echoing the previous critical objective around finding an important business decision to be solved in order to deliver relevant value. They describe efficiency as the next critical element. The authors' third criteria for robust analytics is around minimizing risk by monitoring threats and opportunities in both internal and external environments. Finally, they describe ethics as the fourth tenet of robust analytics.

Frank Contrepois discusses human emotions and our connections to data. He shares how some companies manage to convert data into money and how other organizations can learn from and potentially replicate the approach (or at least the outcome). But this approach comes with some warnings, which he outlines. Contrepois closes by supporting this point: focus on a defined business problem and act by building an analytical model that improves decision-making confidence.

Avishan Bodjnoud highlights the typical challenges of skill sets, data literacy, data governance, process, resources, and senior leadership buy-in that affect most traditional organizations. She explains why organizations that simply establish a standalone analytics entity and expect immediate results are often disappointed. Bodjnoud closes with an important discussion on the need to understand the reasons for resistance to change and then manage them — critical elements of any analytics project or digital transformation effort.

There are myriad approaches that can help analytics projects deliver on their promises and potential. The articles in this issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal provide insights into some of these approaches. As you contemplate how to ensure that your organization derives value from your next analytics initiative, it is imperative to develop your own path forward, determining what tactics you feel will work best in your environment.

There are myriad approaches that can help analytics projects deliver on their promises and potential. The articles in this issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal provide insights into some of these approaches. As you contemplate how to ensure that your organization derives value from your next analytics initiative, it is imperative to develop your own path forward, determining what tactics you feel will work best in your environment.

OEMs have recognized that their current approaches of outsourcing the requisite software and electronics to suppliers and then integrating them in ICE vehicles is not workable for EVs. What's the solution?

Leaders are often unaware of the level and cost of stress they impose on their workforce. This Advisor highlights three specific sources of organizational stress: overfocus on form, wishful thinking, and centralized decision making. It offers strategies for tackling each source, allowing you to create a virtuous, self-reinforcing cycle of time for clear thinking.

The immediate future of AI isn’t about building entirely autonomous systems, but about augmen­tation; helping experts see the bigger picture and giving them the ability to react to it more quickly. This Cutter Business Technology Journal issue considers the opportunities as well as the unintended consequences of AI technologies.

The immediate future of AI isn’t about building entirely autonomous systems, but about augmen­tation; helping experts see the bigger picture and giving them the ability to react to it more quickly. This Cutter Business Technology Journal issue considers the opportunities as well as the unintended consequences of AI technologies.

Creating a business architecture is a sustainable option to design and implement transformation opportunities. Once an organization decides to take this path, it needs to ensure that the journey is smooth. This Advisor identifies 10 mistakes organizations can avoid when starting up the business architecture function.

This edition of The Cutter Edge explores how organizations can make the move towards enterprise agility, how fully homomorphic encryption can address concerns of data privacy and vulnerability, and more!

This edition of The Cutter Edge explores how organizations can make the move towards enterprise agility, how fully homomorphic encryption can address concerns of data privacy and vulnerability, and more!

The appeal of LC/NC environments in the RPA world primarily stems from their ability to shield the user from the complexities of RPA application development. The goal is to enable business users to automate low-level RPA and other simple workflow automation tasks using visual, point-and-click/drag-and-drop interfaces. This Advisor explores the benefits and applications of LC/NC in an RPA environment.

The growing availability of product, service, and ven­dor choices across the board means that organizations need a balance of metrics to provide accurate, timely insight for decision making and continuous improve­ment.

How do we identify the metrics that matter most? This Advisor explores the goal-setting system and approach known as objectives and key results (OKRs) and identifies where it complements business agility efforts.

As a fast-evolving area, AI presents innumerable opportunities and applications that we haven’t even imagined yet. This issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal discusses the current factors and considerations surrounding AI today and take a look at where trends might be heading in the future.

As a fast-evolving area, AI presents innumerable opportunities and applications that we haven’t even imagined yet. This issue of Cutter Business Technology Journal discusses the current factors and considerations surrounding AI today and take a look at where trends might be heading in the future.

Jayashree Arunkumar outlines how five AI trends are being slotted into real-world use, including graph-accelerated ML, generative AI, edge AI, artificial general intelligence, and coding. Arunkumar then examines how AI is helping the environment by accelerating the pace of delivering on the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals and how it might apply similar tactics to help improve world health. The article closes with four of the most recent AI developments.

Jayashree Arunkumar outlines how five AI trends are being slotted into real-world use, including graph-accelerated ML, generative AI, edge AI, artificial general intelligence, and coding. Arunkumar then examines how AI is helping the environment by accelerating the pace of delivering on the United Nation’s Sustainability Development Goals and how it might apply similar tactics to help improve world health. The article closes with four of the most recent AI developments.

This article looks at potential applications and impacts of AI on education. AI can help students receive personalized lessons, pro­vide educators with deep insights into students’ learning styles, revolutionize skills improvement for professionals, and lower the cost of education. The authors present the AI technologies being applied in education and then describe the platforms and applications now available.