DataAndAnalytics.md

Data and Analytics Roles

Developer

I am a valuable, enthusiastic and net-positive member of a Readify team.

I produce high quality data and analytics solutions.

• I am learning to tame complexity when analysing problems and constructing solutions.
• I am learning to develop solutions that are efficient, scalable, supportable, maintainable and easily understood by others.
• I am learning how to implement valuable quality assurance practices.
• I am becoming proficient with my tools and the core building blocks used by our team.
• I am learning how to pull together the various aspects of a solution.
• I am learning how to stand up a build and delivery pipeline.
• I am employing the right techniques to develop a solution that meets my client's needs.

I am recognised by my desire to learn and my motivation to improve.

• I am learning, maybe through a variety of ways like reading books, exploring the problems and solutions of others, trying and experimenting with ideas, undertaking certifications, watching online courses, attending conferences or user group meetings.
• I am discussing the things I'm learning about or experimenting on with my teammates, maybe even collaborating on the experience.
• I take my PD seriously and realise it is valuable to both myself and to Readify.
• I reach out to my peers and leadership group to develop my PD plan.
• I am a self-managing team member who is continuously learning and embracing agile methodologies.

I am an egoless, team-oriented practitioner of data and analytics.

• Other team members genuinely want me on their team.
• I happily take responsibility for what I produce.
• I avoid going dark and I know when to call out for help.
• I communicate professionally and keep stakeholders engaged at all times.
• I am well aware of all processes of the team and diligently follow them (like maintaining accurate documentation, undertaking quality assurance and so on).
• Even when I disagree with something I continue to work enthusiastically, learning from the others in the team.
• Every venture has mundane tasks and I work happily and diligently through them.
• I go out of my way develop a friendly and professional rapport with my customer and their team members.
• My contributions to team discussions are net-positive, informative and helpful.

Senior Developer

I am a highly sought-after member of a Readify team with a proven record of producing high quality data and analytics solutions.

I am trusted to deliver full solutions (or vertical slices of larger solutions) from conception to completion.

• I am proficient with my tools and the core building blocks used by our team.
• I can confidently step outside my comfort zone and adapt quickly to new concepts, techniques or technologies.
• I am proficient at developing solutions that are efficient, scalable, supportable, maintainable and easily understood by others.
• I am comfortable pulling together the Lego blocks of a full solution.
• I am comfortable standing up an automated integration and delivery pipeline.
• I am comfortable determining technical direction within brown-fields projects.
• I know how to make pragmatic decisions in order to deliver a solution.
• I know when to call out for help and how to do it effectively.
• I am technically persuasive.

I am a technical mentor.

• People ask me for my opinion when making technical decisions because I have a proven track record of making wise choices.
• I am fuelling the team's desire to learn, perhaps by mentoring, running brown-bag sessions, or sharing useful videos/blogs/papers.
• I use peer reviews as an opportunity to teach and show others alternative, cleaner ways to implement functionality in an ego-less manner. That way the whole team together learns how to deliver a higher quality, more maintainable product.
• I can manage difficult conversations and tactfully challenge others, leaving them with a positive impression of myself and Readify.
• I can effectively coach people and pass on my knowledge.
• I am a confident and proficient teacher of my craft.

I am a supporter of my team and my customer.

• I add value to my team by being a trusted, proactive supporter of my team and its leadership, and by delivering high quality work with a minimum of fuss.
• I seek to understand my customer's real needs and am comfortable building requirements and technical recommendations off those.
• I recognise problems early and get in and fix them regardless of whose fault it is.
• I am good at recognising problems outside the scope of my work and eagerly get involved in improving our solution, our environment and our processes.
• I happily tackle all problems regardless of difficulty, and I support my team by solving them in a pragmatic way.
• Every venture has mundane tasks but I'm the one that can be trusted to get them done, and get them done right - usually with a handful of ingenuity.
• I recognize and accept that change is constant, and my approach allows me to tactfully challenge, or confidently adapt, depending on which I deem appropriate.
• I have proven I can decompose larger requirements into smaller, more manageable pieces, to deliver outcomes in an incremental and iterative manner.
• I possess writing skills that let me be clear, concise, articulate and persuasive in all of my outgoing communications.

I've become a student of my craft.

• I am devoted to learning; it's become a natural part of my life.
• I am actively introspective and take time to work on my personal and professional development.
• I happily take responsibility for my own mistakes and I learn from the mistakes of others.

Senior Consultant

I am a well-rounded data and analytics practitioner, architect, problem solver and leader of people. I represent the value Readify brings to the market.

I am trusted to lead a small team (of up to 3) to deliver full analytical solutions from conception to completion with limited supervision.

• I am emerging as a leader of people.
• I can confidently step outside my comfort zone and adapt quickly to new team situations.
• I am comfortable diving head-first into moderately risky environments with relatively little upfront information and oversight.
• I am confident making architectural decisions taking concerns like infrastructure, identity management, security, scalability, concurrency and maintainability into consideration.
• I am comfortable with transparently assessing risk, making recommendations, escalating appropriately and dealing with the consequences along the way.
• I am comfortable with building a vision with a customer based on their business needs, regardless of whether this involves technology or otherwise.
• I am proficient at delivering data and analytics products using agile practices.
• I can confidently and charismatically pitch ideas and influence my team and my customer's decisions.
• I am an adept communicator, and can effectively steer technical and non-technical conversations to positive outcomes over any medium.

I help our team focus on delivering value to our customers.

• I invest in sustainable delivery, maintaining professional standards and striking a pragmatic balance between idealistic purity and business pressures.
• I am typically the first one to take responsibility for reducing waste in our process.
• I am comfortable performing business analysis work. I help customers (Product Owners) clarify their vision and turn it into an ordered product backlog, or other form of requirements, collaborating with them to reach a shared understanding of what should be achieved, including acceptance criteria.
• I recognise problems with my team, my engagement and/or my customer and proactively engage with relevant Account Managers, People Managers, LC/PCs as needed to prevent or resolve them quickly.

I am investing back into Readify.

• I am actively involved in the retrospective process and am comfortable challenging and coaching my team.
• I leave my clients with a clear sense of why they have invested in Readify.
• I proactively call out opportunities for Readify with my clients.
• I am mentoring another Readifarian, deliberately helping them to round out their skill set.
• I am sharing my on-the-job learning and experiences with others so they can be more effective in their roles.
• I am known as someone who looks for opportunities to invest into the Readify teams in my state.
• I am assisting in building the Data and Analytics team, doing things like helping with hiring, setting up our processes, assisting with induction or mentoring others.

Lead Consultant

I am trusted to autonomously lead people through high-risk engagements with a proven record of delivering products from inception to their successful completion.

I am becoming a respected and trusted leader of people.

• I generally inspire people, especially those on mine and my client's teams.
• My influence is starting to reach beyond my team, extending to other teams both inside and outside of Readify.
• People want to work on engagements with me because they know they'll be richer for the experience and I will help them grow.
• I am developing strong presentation skills, learning to effectively tailor my content and conversation to many audiences.
• I am exhibiting the soft skills needed to lead teams and have a track record of building growth and maturity into the people I work with.
• I am comfortable with helping customers understand how to organise requirements to support scaling to multiple teams, and helping them balance the "iron triangle" constraints of time, cost, scope and quality.
• I am comfortable with helping my customer inspect and measure the impact and value of their data and analytics initiatives and communicate results and recommendations in an objective and transparent way.
• I am an exemplary communicator, and have a proven track record of deriving the right outcomes from difficult conversations over all mediums. People seek my input to validate and improve their own communications.

I am a servant leader for my team.

• I am prioritising the needs of my team members above my own, knowing that their success is our success.
• I am an outspoken advocate of my team. They can trust me to be the first line of defence.
• I know the buck stops with me. At the end of the day I am responsible for my team and the relationship with our client.
• I actively track the progress of our team using agile project management techniques, keeping the goals of the project and our constraints front of mind. I make this information visible and transparent internally and externally to minimise 'surprises' and to facilitate early and pragmatic problem resolution.

I am emerging as a driver for additional business opportunities.

• I am looking for new opportunities with my current client.
• With my proven record of success, previous clients are keen to work with Readify again.

I am significantly investing back into Readify.

• I am taking ownership of our retrospective process in our state.
• I am becoming a trusted voice to the Readify Executive and my opinions and ideas seem to carry some weight.
• I am helping steer the public and private conversations within Readify towards positive and productive outcomes.
• I represent the interest of the teams in my state to rest of Readify.
• I am involved in some kind of initiative at the national level in Readify.
• I am assisting in building the Data and Analytics team, doing things like helping with hiring, setting up our processes, assisting with induction or mentoring others.

Principal Consultant

I epitomise and embody Readify and our Discover, Master, Influence mantra. I have a wealth of experience and readily share it with Readify teams and our customers.

I am a deeply respected leader of people.

• My influence and guidance positively affects teams and individuals both inside and outside of Readify.
• I use my soft skills to bring out the best in both our people and our customers and encourage them to grow.
• I'm not afraid to have difficult conversations when needed, and do so with tact and care.
• I set clear expectations for people and they know how they are progressing against those expectations. I create bounded environments for action and let people have freedom within those boundaries.
• I know when and how to apply different coaching and mentoring techniques, understanding the maturity level of those I'm helping.
• I am able to provide perspective for those I'm serving by reminding them of the big picture when they get stuck in the details and day to day of solving problems.

I know the pressures of being an executive.

• I know how to identify business problems/goals and evaluate the ROI and TCO of potential solutions.
• I understand how budgeting, competition, strategic alignment and compliance pressures can influence technology decisions and am able to adjust proposed solutions based on those factors.
• I understand the bigger picture of how IT Pros, software development, data and analytics, security and other business departments all interrelate and influence the success of a business.
• I know how to adjust my communications style based on my audience, from service desk to developer to analyst to engineer to sales and marketing to C-level executives and business owners.
• I know the impact of internal politics in organisations and how it can impact decision making processes. I can navigate politicised environments and still bring about positive outcomes for our customers.
• I know what is required to bring about organisational change, and when enough trust has been established to broach such topics with customers.

I am a safety net for both my teams and my customers.

• People value my opinions and ideas. They come to me for advice knowing I will empathise with them and understand their situation before providing options to them.
• I have a demonstrated preference to help people discover solutions to problems for themselves first, before giving them guidance.
• I am a good sounding-board and proactively broaden the perspective of teams and individuals with whom I'm working.
• I know how to identify potential issues and will take action to head them off before they eventuate, whether they be technical, requirements or people based.
• I am confident handling situations where we have made mistakes and working towards outcomes that are acceptable to both the customer and Readify.

My investment back into Readify is a significant part of our success.

• I am a trusted voice within Readify, both at a state level and nationally.
• I take time to reflect on our identity, our people and our culture as Readify, and the way in which we work and how we deliver our engagements. I think of ways in which we can improve ourselves, engage others to validate those ideas and then invest time in implementing them.
• I recognise that the value I bring to the company is different to the regular consulting pool and that the interactions I have with people is critical to our collective success.
• I am assisting in building the Data and Analytics team, doing things like helping with hiring, setting up our processes, assisting with induction or mentoring others.