Data Analayst project Details

Project Details

✅ 1. Sales Performance Dashboard

 Tools: Excel, Power BI or Tableau, SQL

 Description: Designed an interactive dashboard to track monthly sales performance

across regions and product lines. Included KPIs such as revenue, profit margin, and YoY
growth.

 Skills: Data cleaning, DAX (Power BI), calculated fields, visual storytelling

 Outcome: Helped identify low-performing regions; recommended discount strategy led

to 8% sales increase.

✅ 2. Customer Churn Analysis

 Tools: Python (Pandas, Matplotlib, Seaborn), Jupyter Notebook, SQL

 Description: Analyzed customer behavior from telecom data to find patterns

contributing to churn.

 Skills: Exploratory Data Analysis, correlation analysis, logistic regression

 Outcome: Identified top 3 factors contributing to churn; presented findings to

stakeholders.

✅ 3. Web Traffic Analytics

 Tools: Google Analytics, Excel, SQL, Power BI

 Description: Tracked and visualized website traffic trends across different channels
(organic, paid, social).

 Skills: Traffic segmentation, funnel visualization, time-series analysis

 Outcome: Suggested optimizations for paid channels that reduced bounce rate by 12%.

✅ 4. HR Analytics – Employee Attrition

 Tools: Python, Excel, Tableau

  Description: Analyzed employee data to find reasons behind high attrition in the past 2
years.

 Skills: Data wrangling, categorical encoding, decision trees, visualization

 Outcome: Recommendations led to redesign of internal surveys and better engagement

strategies.

✅ 5. Retail Inventory Optimization

 Tools: SQL, Excel, Power BI

 Description: Built a dashboard that helped optimize inventory by tracking sales-to-stock

ratio and stock-outs.

 Skills: SQL joins and subqueries, trend analysis, dashboard automation

 Outcome: Helped reduce overstock by 15% and minimized stock-outs by 10%.

✅ 6. COVID-19 Data Tracker

 Tools: Python, Pandas, Matplotlib, APIs

 Description: Created a live dashboard pulling COVID-19 data from public APIs, visualizing
trends by country.

 Skills: API handling, time-series visualization, data automation

 Outcome: Used in academic research to illustrate regional patterns of spread.

✅ 7. Survey Data Analysis

 Tools: Excel, Python (Pandas), Tableau

 Description: Analyzed a survey on customer satisfaction (CSAT, NPS, etc.), performed

sentiment and trend analysis.

 Skills: Data cleaning, aggregation, visualization, report creation

 Outcome: Identified customer pain points; informed customer support training.

🎯 Major Roles and Responsibilities (0–1 Year Experience)

📌 1. Data Collection and Cleaning

 Gather raw data from multiple sources (e.g., Excel files, databases, APIs).

 Clean and format data by handling missing values, duplicates, and inconsistent
formatting.

 Ensure data accuracy and integrity before analysis.

📌 2. Basic Data Analysis

 Perform exploratory data analysis (EDA) to understand trends, patterns, and anomalies.

 Summarize insights using descriptive statistics (mean, median, standard deviation).

 Use tools like Excel, SQL, or Python (Pandas) for data manipulation.

📌 3. Reporting and Dashboard Creation

 Develop reports and dashboards to communicate key metrics using tools like:

o Excel (Pivot Tables, Charts)

o Power BI, Tableau, or Google Data Studio

 Refresh dashboards on a weekly/monthly basis as per business needs.

📌 4. Database Querying (SQL)

 Write basic to intermediate SQL queries to extract data from relational databases.

 Perform filtering, joins, aggregations, and subqueries.

 Work with data from systems like MySQL, PostgreSQL, or Microsoft SQL Server.

📌 5. Collaboration with Teams

 Work closely with business stakeholders, data engineers, and senior analysts.

 Assist in understanding data needs and translating them into technical requirements.

 Attend team meetings and contribute to data-driven discussions.

📌 6. Documentation and Process Tracking

 Maintain documentation for data sources, analysis steps, and metrics definitions.

 Track tasks, bugs, and improvements using tools like Jira, Confluence, or Excel.

📌 7. Learning and Skill Development

  Continuously upskill on tools, technologies, and domain knowledge.

 Attend internal training, participate in code reviews, and shadow senior analysts.

Common Tools Used

 Excel (PivotTables, Formulas, VLOOKUP, Charts)

 SQL (basic queries, joins, filtering)

 Power BI / Tableau

 Python (optional, for EDA using Pandas/Matplotlib)

 Google Sheets / Data Studio

 JIRA, Confluence, Git (for team collaboration)

🎓 Certifications for Freshers (0 Years of Experience)

Goal: Build foundational knowledge and get job-ready

✅ 1. Google Data Analytics Professional Certificate

 Platform: Coursera

 Covers: Data cleaning, visualization, Excel, SQL, R basics

 Why: Beginner-friendly, industry-recognized, no prior experience needed

✅ 2. IBM Data Analyst Professional Certificate

 Platform: Coursera

 Covers: Excel, SQL, Python basics, dashboards

 Why: Covers essential tools, includes real-world projects

✅ 3. Excel Skills for Business (Macquarie University)

 Platform: Coursera

 Covers: PivotTables, data functions, dashboarding

  Why: Excel is a must-have for almost every data analyst job

✅ 4. SQL for Data Science

 Platform: Coursera or DataCamp

 Covers: Basic to intermediate SQL (joins, filtering, aggregations)

 Why: SQL is foundational for querying databases

✅ 5. Tableau Desktop Specialist

 Platform: Tableau

 Covers: Data visualization, dashboards, calculated fields

 Why: Tableau is widely used in business intelligence

✅ 6. DataCamp Career Track: Data Analyst with Python or R

 Platform: DataCamp

 Why: Structured learning path with projects and assessments

👩‍💼 Certifications for Experienced Data Analysts (1+ Years of Experience)

Goal: Deepen tool expertise, specialize, or move toward data science/analytics leadership

⭐ 1. Microsoft Certified: Power BI Data Analyst Associate (PL-300)

 Covers: Power BI, data modeling, DAX, data transformation

 Why: Great for those in BI-focused roles or working with Microsoft stack

⭐ 2. Google Advanced Data Analytics Certificate

 Platform: Coursera

 Covers: Regression, clustering, classification, ML basics

 Why: Ideal next step for analysts exploring predictive analytics

⭐ 3. Tableau Certified Associate / Professional

 Level: Beyond "Specialist" level

 Why: Demonstrates advanced Tableau skills and dashboarding

⭐ 4. Data Science MicroMasters or Nanodegree

 Platforms: edX (MIT, UC San Diego), Udacity

 Why: Ideal if transitioning toward Data Science or Analytics Engineering

⭐ 5. AWS Certified Data Analytics – Specialty

 Covers: Data lakes, visualization, AWS tools

 Why: For those working in cloud environments or advanced analytics pipelines

Bonus for Both:

 💡 LinkedIn Skill Assessments – Excel, Python, SQL (boosts recruiter visibility)

 📊 Kaggle Micro-Courses – Free and great for hands-on practice

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