Before the problem definition
Setup the initiative by identifying a question, understanding the customer’s expecations and allocating resources accordingly.
Our process
Our process - text version
- 01: Before the problem definition
- Question identified
- Assign a critical friend
- Develop understanding
- Customer engagement
- Create/update initiative resources
Ready to draft problem definition
- 02: Problem definition
- Cycle through:
- Writing the problem definition + Customer feedback
- Refine problem definition
- Estimate timescales
- Cycle through:
Problem definition sign-off
- 03: Analysis & modelling
- Cycle through:
- Data preparation
- Analysis/modelling
- Reporting and visuals
- Review:
- Self review
- Team member
- Critical friend
- Customer
- Cycle through:
Refine problem definition until
Work completed
- 04: Initiative review
- Wrap up and clean code
- Create summary write-up
- Review the documentation
- Update the Wiki
- Make the repository public (if applicable)
- Consider potential future work
- Follow-up
Overview
This playbook provides guidance, at a high level, of the approach to initiatives taken by the NHSBSA Data Science team.
Our process involves four main steps. Each of these has multiple sub-steps. The process will usually not be fully sequential. Sometimes previous steps may be revisited, as the process is often cyclical in nature.
Process steps
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