Scenario
You are a data analyst for a business organization that serves local nonprofit organizations with products and services. Your supervisor has assigned you to work with a client that has a business problem.
A nonprofit partnership, Two Sisters, Inc., is looking to determine where a majority of their donors live. They have asked questions such as the following:
- Which geographical areas within the United States do most of our donors come from?
- Are there areas of the country from which we don’t see any donors?
- Do our social media posts or fundraisers calling for donations reach these areas with few or no donors?
In this case, the stakeholders are your supervisor and Two Sisters, Inc., which is providing insight and feedback on the business problem.
Prompt
The stakeholders have asked you to outline your approach to addressing this business problem.
- Begin by creating a diagram, or visual, of the phases of the DAL. Your diagram must include clear labels and the appropriate arrows.
- Please note: You may choose to use whichever tool you wish to create your diagram. Save a copy of your diagram to your computer by taking a picture, taking a screenshot, or saving a copy of the image. You can insert your diagram into the template by following these instructions.
- In your diagram, briefly describe the key points of what occurs during each phase.
- Next, consider your role as a data analyst in this scenario. Select one phase of the DAL and describe a data analyst’s role in this phase. Be sure to explicitly state which phase you chose.