1. How To Build a Data Team Michael Chavez Session Type: Forum Session
Vice President of Student Success
Cami Keitel
Dean of Enrollment Services
Session Type: Forum Session   
Conference Track: Learning Analytics
Speaker: Michael
Outline:
What is Scrum?
Context – what it was like coming in, what Michael requested, Marian saying – we have Illume do you want to be a data scientist? Dr. Riley approving giving leadership support and ability to bring together a cross-functional team
Objectives and goals of team
7 strategies – maybe pick one to highlight – outreach to part-time students or low/very low/moderate students
AGILE – show how we were agile in our approach –
Because we are so agile, understanding that we need a process in place with documentation
Sept. 21, 2014

2. Data Team Video

3. Data for Student Success
Historically, the college focused on descriptive data to report on what has happened.
Lone Star needed a clear view into the current and future state of the institution and the unique students they serve in order to empower institutional leaders from across all campuses to act with confidence and make the most of their time, energy and resources to improve outcomes for students today.

4. Forming the Data Team
The Data Team at LSC-Montgomery was designed to collect, analyze and take action on data that impact student success.
Story (radio) about asking permission

5. Bring the Right People Together
Members were selected based on their functions at the institution and their willingness to contribute to the team.
Members Include:
Vice President of Student Success,
Dean of Enrollment Services,
Academic Dean,
Director of Student Services,
Director of Instructional Support Services,
Lead Data Analyst,
Faculty counselor

6. SCRUM acknowledges unpredicted challenges that cannot be easily addressed in a traditional predictive or planned manner.
The focus is on maximizing the team's ability to deliver quickly, to respond to emerging requirements initiatives/programs and adapt to evolving changes.

7. What is SCRUM/DIAL
SCRUM is an iterative and incremental agile software development framework. A team works as a unit to reach a common goal.
PRODUCT

8. The Data Team is laser focused
The Data Team is laser focused. For each project we meet no more than five times. The meetings are dictated by the data that is analyzed and intended impact of the strategy during the semester.

9. SAMPLE

10. Reaching Students with Precision
Initially & campaigns developed for Spring 2016:
Outreach to 280 students with moderate persistence probability or lower to guide them to connect with counselors.
Outreach to 578 students with zero credits earned in Fall 2015 who were enrolled full-time for Spring 2016 to assign them to counselors and advisors.
Outreach to 1,157 part-time students with financial aid and high probability to persist to encourage them to become full-time.
Now, we have more than 70 campaigns initiated!

11. DATA Team Secret Sauce Have a Champion!
Be okay with changing the group
Focus on doing SOMETHING!
Avoid Analysis Paralysis