Introductory projects
It is unclear in certain circumstances if the sponsoring stakeholders or subject matter experts are fully committed to the project that you are chartered to undertake.
Of course, they will say that they want to engage, and they will assign people to support the efforts of the advanced analytics and AI team, but they may not even know the implications of engaging in an analytics project. It is almost certainly the case that they do not know the full implications of engaging in the project and the results that will be shown.
I strongly suggest that the first project you do with a new functional area, a new manager, or an executive that you do not have an existing relationship with should be a short project.
Not short as in small in ambition or scope—you can definitely take on a significant issue or challenge for the company or cause—but you should break down the initial stage of the project into a piece of work that can be completed and...
