5 Free Open Data Sets for Project Managers in 2023
As a project manager, you know that having accurate data is essential to making sound decisions for your projects and team. But gathering data can be expensive and time-consuming. That’s why so many project managers turn to open data sets. Fortunately, there are several great places to find free open data sets for your projects. In this blog post, we’ll share five of our favourites.
Kaggle
Kaggle is one of our favourite sources for open data. This website hosts several different datasets, and you can search by topic or keyword. Kaggle also has a great community forum to ask questions and get help from other users.
Data.gov
Data.gov is another excellent source for open data. This website contains data from all government and non-profit and private organizations. You can search by topic or keyword or browse by dataset type.
Google Public Datasets
Google Public Datasets is an excellent resource for data on various topics. You can search by keyword or explore collections of data organized by theme.
Datahub.io
Datahub.io is an excellent resource for data on the environment, agriculture, and energy. You can search by keyword or browse by dataset type.
UCI Machine Learning Repository
https://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/datasets.php
The UCI Machine Learning Repository is a goldmine of data for machine learning projects. You can search by topic or keyword or browse by dataset type.
Energydata.info
ENERGYDATA.INFO is an open data platform providing access to datasets and data analytics relevant to the energy sector. ENERGYDATA.INFO has been developed as a public good available to governments, development organizations, the private sector, non-governmental organizations, academia, civil society and individuals to share data and analytics that can help achieve the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal 7 of ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all.
I hope you find this list helpful!