Standing Up Business Analytics in the Space Force

As the Department of Defense’s (DoD) newest branch, the Space Force is being digitally transformed through innovation and data-driven decisions. Space Force Business Analytics teams are enabling and driving digital transformation through up-skilling initiatives, process improvements, and new digital platforms such as dashboards. Although the DoD is not a commercial entity, it faces similar obstacles such as changing the culture, data stovepipes, and platform challenges that are common among transformation participants. After two years of research, implementation, and change, business analytics projects are saving at least 53,000 labor hours each year.

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