The data audit is the first step
Posted: Mon Dec 23, 2024 5:12 am
Developing processes
At the same time as reviewing the quality of data through directly measurable parameters such as sources and fields, audits also provides an insight into the processes applied to the data. Resulting recommendations, to improve data flows and classification (for example), will focus on improving the integrity of the underlying database, giving cyprus mobile phone numbers greater confidence in the accuracy of the data and the insights to be drawn from it. With a more robust and accurately maintained data warehouse at their fingertips, a charity can reap maximum benefit from analysis tools and dashboards. Perhaps even more importantly, enhanced trust in an organisation’s data and analysis makes it easier to use it as the basis for key strategic decisions at a senior level.
About this article
This article was written in collaboration with Wood for Trees, the leading data analytics and marketing services provider and longstanding Apteco partner. Over the past eight years, Wood for Trees has undertaken what we term Foundation Audits for upwards of 70 organisations – most of them in the not-for-profit sector and including some of the UK’s leading charities. If you’re interested in finding out more about the scope and potential of a Foundation Audit, please contact Wood for Trees.
Conducting a data audit could reveal information that you never knew you had.
Choose key areas for improvement that your data could help with.
Develop clear and defined processes for maximising the potential of your data.
At the same time as reviewing the quality of data through directly measurable parameters such as sources and fields, audits also provides an insight into the processes applied to the data. Resulting recommendations, to improve data flows and classification (for example), will focus on improving the integrity of the underlying database, giving cyprus mobile phone numbers greater confidence in the accuracy of the data and the insights to be drawn from it. With a more robust and accurately maintained data warehouse at their fingertips, a charity can reap maximum benefit from analysis tools and dashboards. Perhaps even more importantly, enhanced trust in an organisation’s data and analysis makes it easier to use it as the basis for key strategic decisions at a senior level.
About this article
This article was written in collaboration with Wood for Trees, the leading data analytics and marketing services provider and longstanding Apteco partner. Over the past eight years, Wood for Trees has undertaken what we term Foundation Audits for upwards of 70 organisations – most of them in the not-for-profit sector and including some of the UK’s leading charities. If you’re interested in finding out more about the scope and potential of a Foundation Audit, please contact Wood for Trees.
Conducting a data audit could reveal information that you never knew you had.
Choose key areas for improvement that your data could help with.
Develop clear and defined processes for maximising the potential of your data.