Turn website measurements into decision-supporting observations, starting with the question, metric definitions and collection limits.
Typical activities
Define events and verify their journey triggers.
Distinguish sessions, enquiries, conversions and duplicates.
Compare periods with campaign, consent and content changes in context.
Responsibilities to agree with the team
A metric does not automatically establish causation. Explain collection losses, scope changes and insufficient data. Tracking implementation requires appropriate review.
A first piece of work to demonstrate
Present a question, tested measurement, proportionate finding and an action whose effect can be observed.
This is an editorial description of common activities. Job titles and scope vary across teams; it is not a certification framework.
Distinguish consultation of form, attempt to send and request received.
Work on a copy or demo environment. Define the data used and the expected result before you begin. Keep your decisions and the difficulties encountered in order to be able to explain the process.
Define events and what should be excluded from the data.
Check triggers with test cases.
Document periods, populations and collection breaks.
Link a reading of the results to a limited and verifiable decision.
Deliverable and verifications
A measurement plan, collection checks and a table explained.
Indicators have a stable definition and collection anomalies are identifiable.
For each check, note the context, the action, the expected result and what has been observed. Distinguish a successful verification from a remaining hypothesis. Another person must be able to understand the deliverable without attending all its manufacture.
An increase may be due to a change in collection or public. The measure must specify what it does not allow to conclude.
Collaboration to explore: SEO and visibility.
Specify the sharing of responsibilities: who provides the information, who decides, who checks and maintains the result. A good handover retains the constraints and decisions, not just the final file.
In-depth exercise: Analyze a small set of synthetic data on a research path. Define events and units before calculating an indicator. Introduce missing lines, duplicate and period variation. Compare the results before and after correction. Separate an event from a visitor and a volume of a rate. A numerical evolution does not prove its cause: formulate the possible explanations and indicate the verification that would make it possible to decide between them.
What to deliver with your work
Dictionary of fields and units
Demo data with identified anomalies
Reproducible calculations and cleaning rules
interpretation accompanied by the limits
Acceptance criteria
These criteria are a working basis to adapt to the context. For each, note the action taken, the expected result, the observed result and the information remaining to be confirmed.
The period and the denominator are indicated for each rate.
Duplicates and missing values have documented processing.
A calculation can be reproduced from the game provided.
The conclusion distinguishes between observation, hypothesis and proof of causality.
Deliver the test game, transformations and formulas with the result. Explain the exclusions and their effect on totals. Another person must be able to redo the calculation and find the same number. Charts should keep units and periods visible. If a production data has not been checked, do not replace this absence with artificial precision.
Analysis starts with a possible decision. Compare ongoing indicators with a one-off study according to definition stability and the depth of the question.
Indicator tracked over time
When to choose it
Useful for a workflow with a stable definition: action, population and period. Document exclusions and collection conditions.
What to plan for
Check changes to tools or tracking. A measurement discontinuity is different from a change in usage.
One-off analysis of a problem
When to choose it
Suitable for anomalies or clearly bounded situations. State the question and data required before building charts.
What to plan for
Check missing data, duplicates and incompatible scopes. Present possible explanations without confusing association with causation.
A risk to anticipate
An apparently precise dashboard can rest on ambiguous definitions. Include denominators, periods and limitations with important conclusions.
How to decide
Present a conclusion, supporting data and checks that could change it. Link it to an action or further investigation.
Does this exercise prove a professional qualification?
It allows you to show an approach and its limits. It is neither a diploma, nor a certification, nor proof of a production experience.
How to present the work in a portfolio?
Specify that this is an exercise, your role, constraints, decisions and checks. Use test data and media whose rights are established.
How to assess the quality of the deliverable?
Indicators have a stable definition and collection anomalies are identifiable. Add the difficulties encountered and what remains to be verified rather than presenting absolute validation.
How can two periods be compared after a tracking change?
Identify comparable events and populations. Flag the discontinuity and avoid presenting the overall difference as a usage effect. If reliable comparison is impossible, explain the limit and rebuild a baseline with the new setup.