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Data Advisory Service

Two people on a journey through a landscape, moving through data, tools, code, and results
An illustration from the The Turing Way, a guide, in their own words, to reproducible, ethical, and collaborative data science. Project illustration by Scriberia. CC-BY 4.0: The Turing Way Community & Scriberia (2024).

If you are planning a data science or engineering project, the Office of Data and Innovation can help.

Our data advisory team can help you:

  • Define the problem
  • Scope the problem
  • Plan a solution using proven methods

In this service, we provide advice, guidance, and best practices for you to use in building a solution. We typically meet with your team for one hour each week. During each meeting, we discuss your problem and recommend next steps. After around 3 months, you’ll have a clear plan to solve the problem with the resources available.

How we can help you

We provide guidance on:

  • Deciding if advanced statistics or machine learning could help your project
  • Designing data infrastructure
  • Deciding if AI can be part of solving your problem
  • Building a roadmap that describes:
    • What the project will include
    • How long it will take
    • How much work it may need
  • Making your software open-source
  • Working with large datasets
  • Connecting with other state staff who have completed similar projects

Who is a good fit for this service

This service helps state technical staff and team leaders. You might need to answer questions about:

  • Technical approaches
  • Staff and skills 
  • Feasibility
  • Infrastructure and tools 

Get started

Schedule a 30-minute meeting to explore if the Data Advisory Service is a good fit for your needs.