Session Description

Data-Driven Decision Making: Assessing the Current Landscape and Avoiding Common Pitfalls

Wednesday, November 19, 2025

9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.

This session will walk through the data analytics maturity lifecycle, including "descriptive", "predictive", and "prescriptive" analytics. We will assess the current landscape in terms of where System ACAs are on this roadmap and discuss what steps are required to get to the next phase of the lifecycle. Finally, we will discuss how to correctly think about the probabilities and uncertainty we face in our everyday decision making, and what the common pitfalls are that lead us to making the incorrect decision.

Learner Outcomes:

1. Understand the steps in the data & analytics maturity lifecycle

2. Identify where their ACA is on the data & analytics maturity lifecycle

3. Improve their ability think critically in the face of data, risk, and uncertainty