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Yaa Obeng edited this page Nov 19, 2020 · 3 revisions

Nov 19, 2020

Recap

  • Imported draft skills trees to Google Doc DIV Core Competencies

  • Diagnosis skill tree: Really good example of how to troubleshoot

  • Soft skills: cultural competency, within ICPI and teams overseas

  • Recommendation to include MSDs as a key component of understanding program areas as well software. Include a step between Panorama dossiers for program areas and conducting own analyses

  • Use MSDs to mimic cheatsheets to better understand the indicator

  • ICPI analysts would learn about program areas under the training

Excel Skill Tree Logic

  1. Where to get data/MSDs
  2. Import/Export Data
  3. Data Transformation
  4. Data Visualization - final goal create visualization/dashboard

SQL Skill Tree Logic

  1. Setup
  2. Code Syntax
  3. Querying
  4. Data manipulation
  5. Data Visualizations

Progression of ICPI Analyst Skill Acquisition

  1. SharePoint
  2. Excel: Complete full skill tree before moving on to Microstrategy?
  • Not sure they CAN'T be done together, need to understand MSD & Data Structure
  • Fundamental foundation skill set for all analyst
  • Do we have the resources we need?: Between the Spreadsheets & onboarding courses
  1. Program Areas: learn simultaneously as analysts is introduced
  2. Microstrategy
  3. Advanced Software/Skills: SQL, R?
  • Next Steps: complete skill trees, identify existing resource that can be used to training and build on Google Doc.

Sept 23, 2020

Recap

  • Workplan review
  • Requirements Gathering
  • Review of Lists
  • Zoom breakouts

Action Items:

Sept 9, 2020

Recap

  • How do you define core competencies?
    • Kimi: Analysts come in with varying skillsets combined with agency limitations (software) = people with different expertise, but what are things all should have basic understanding (MSD, pivot tables), basic foundation and using that with expertise, foundational knowledge piece
    • LaChandra: Baseline skills to complete essential ICPI work
    • Nicole: Crosstrained in different program areas, useful for all to have exposure and basic understanding of different program areas
    • Timothy: DOD has to have understanding of all program areas, agree with technical foundation comments, continue mastery of skills to improve processes
    • Shaylee: Foundational skillsets and knowledge that should be homogenized across agencies when coming into interagency space
    • Jessica: Data analysis
  • "Core competency" in management theory
  • Brainstorm: Making better ICPI analysts?
    • Issaka: short and long term process of training, making sure people have access to right training, continuous learning, recommended trainings and available resources, coaching/mentoring system or buddy system in order to knowledge share
    • Kimi: Not just basic data analyst duties, but ability to guide data interpretation with stakeholders, going that step beyond to provide more in-depth explanations, what MER indicators allow us or don't allow us to do, how to bridge gap better between data analysts and program folks, not all ICPI analysts have direct link to SMEs - how to give all ICPI analysts the opportunity to build these relationships/connection
    • Lachandra: Crosstraining using QC tools could help facilitate
  • Google Search!
    • Kimi found ducks
  • Core competency lists

Action Items:

Aug 26, 2020

Recap

  • Review of ICPI Skills Survey results
  • Overview of Available "Core Competencies" Lists
    • Excel (Between the Spreadsheets topics)
    • R (Previous R Training topics, new revised syllabus being made by DAQ for their PVA course)
    • Tableau (Catherine Nichol's Moz Training)
    • Power BI (CDC Trainings)
    • Additional Areas: GIS, D3.JS, HTML & CSS
  • Presented Skill Trees as potential end product

Action Items:

  • Need to "flesh out" these lists
  • Continue brainstorming the skill trees and major buckets
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