“The core advantage of data is that it tells you something about the world that you didn’t know before.”
– Hilary Mason, data scientist and founder of Fast Forward Labs
Data is one of the most valuable assets within any organization. However, without the right tools and expertise, just numbers remain on a screen. With the right framework in place, organisations can go from simply accessing data to making data-driven decisions that change their game forever.
The Problem: When Data Exists but Insights Don’t
Many companies possess vast amounts of data but struggle to extract meaningful insights from it. Reports and dashboards exist, but they often remain underutilized due to a lack of awareness or expertise. Without a structured approach, businesses may find themselves overwhelmed, missing opportunities to leverage data for strategic decision-making.
Here are some common challenges we witness in the Workday community:
- “We don’t have access to real-time data for decision-making.”
Without real-time insights, organisations struggle to make informed decisions when they matter most. - “Our managers can’t easily access insights to guide their teams.”
A lack of user-friendly reporting tools makes it difficult for managers to support their teams effectively. - “We struggle to consolidate data from multiple sources.”
Data silos create inefficiencies, making it hard to get a single, accurate view of business performance. - “It’s hard to extract actionable insights from our data.”
Raw data alone doesn’t drive value, organisations need analytics to translate numbers into insights. - “Our reporting setup doesn’t give us the insights we need.”
Traditional reporting methods often fail to deliver the depth of analysis modern businesses require.
The Solution: A Step-by-Step Maturity Framework
The Crawl-Walk-Run framework provides a structured pathway to understanding the relationship with data. Organisations begin their journey depending on their maturity level in the framework. Whether they want to simply access their data or derive data-driven decisions.
With the framework, they avoid tackling advanced analytics from the start and begin with foundational components. Hence, taking gradually increasing steps to understand various complexities as they become more comfortable with Workday’s capabilities. The Crawl-Walk-Run framework helps organisations, and their teams build confidence at each stage leading to incremental enhancements that lead to long-term success.
Let’s break down each stage in the framework to understand how they tackle common challenges:
What’s Next? Your Path to Mastering Workday Reports
To help you progress on your Crawl-Walk-Run journey, we’re launching a weekly content series tailored for all types of report users – from executives and managers to analysts and report writers.
Over the coming months, we’ll explore key topics to help you access, analyse, and optimise your Workday reports. Follow us on LinkedIn to stay up to date!
Conclusion
Our expertise in Workday reporting and analytics is a journey that begins with discovery, advances through enhancement, and culminates in strategic decision-making. Coreteam provides the expertise and guidance needed to navigate this transformation, ensuring organisations unlock the full potential of their data.
Ready to take the next step? Let Coreteam help you turn numbers into insights and insights into action.
Contact us today to start your journey and turn your data into a strategic advantage.
