Nope, there's many other data science shops in McK, although the branding is beginning to merge under the QB umbrella.
I see little difference. Sometimes it's an EM + 1 or 2 data scientists. Sometimes its an EM + 1 data scientist + 1 or 2 BA/Associates. We solve similar problems, its just the data science people tend to solve it with data and the traditional consultants solve it with interviews and whatever. That's not a swipe at them either. There's a significant quantity of problems that can be easily uncovered by talking to someone who knows the answer but can't get the business to acknowledge it OR by spending a week churning through data to discover it yourself. You might feel better with the hard fact base in hand, but doing those interviews and using the traditional consultant skill set tends to make you far more targeted and efficient in scoping and planning.
"QB" I think operates a little differently, whereby they get the data and tend to do more stuff on their own with dedicated modelers, data engineers, and designers. More "I am the expert here, leave me be". (Also not intended to sound like a swipe. That's a reasonable point of view sometimes).
throwaways66722|6 years ago
I see little difference. Sometimes it's an EM + 1 or 2 data scientists. Sometimes its an EM + 1 data scientist + 1 or 2 BA/Associates. We solve similar problems, its just the data science people tend to solve it with data and the traditional consultants solve it with interviews and whatever. That's not a swipe at them either. There's a significant quantity of problems that can be easily uncovered by talking to someone who knows the answer but can't get the business to acknowledge it OR by spending a week churning through data to discover it yourself. You might feel better with the hard fact base in hand, but doing those interviews and using the traditional consultant skill set tends to make you far more targeted and efficient in scoping and planning.
"QB" I think operates a little differently, whereby they get the data and tend to do more stuff on their own with dedicated modelers, data engineers, and designers. More "I am the expert here, leave me be". (Also not intended to sound like a swipe. That's a reasonable point of view sometimes).