SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis
A SaaS CFO wants to know why customers leave and what to do about it. You'll run TWO independent investigations using different methods — cohort retention and behavioural predictors — then make the meta-call: which one is actually more actionable. Most analysts run every analysis they can think of. Mature analysts run several and recommend one. This project teaches the second skill explicitly.
What You Will Ship to GitHub
Hiring managers don't want to see another cookie-cutter Titanic or Iris tutorial. You will build a professional repository with modular scripts and executive business memos that demonstrate commercial analytical maturity.
What You Will Master
5 Guided Project Milestones
Set up your project repo
Before any analytical work: create a public GitHub repository, push the standard skeleton, and paste the URL into your workspace.
Foundation — definitions, MRR, topline churn
Map the SaaS data, lock down 'active' and 'churned' definitions, and compute the headline numbers.
Investigation A — cohort retention
Core MilestoneFirst independent investigation: build cohort retention curves and articulate what they reveal.
Investigation B — behavioural predictors
Second independent investigation: identify what behavioural signals differ between churned and retained customers.
Synthesize — which lens matters more, and what to do
Review Pass RequiredThe meta-skill milestone: pick the more actionable investigation, argue for it, and ship the portfolio piece.
ATS Keywords & Resume Ready Bullets
"Authored an end-to-end data analytics project on SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis utilizing PostgreSQL, Python, pandas — delivered production-grade queries, cohort distributions, and an executive stakeholder summary published as a portfolio GitHub repository."
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Free SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis portfolio project — with AI review
Build a real saas churn & retention analysis project for your data analyst portfolio in your own public GitHub repo — free brief, starter template, and milestone guides. When your code is ready, the ₹99 pass gets every milestone reviewed against a fixed rubric (saas churn retention analysis walkthrough included) and issues a verifiable certificate on completion.
Is the SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis project free?
The full project brief, milestone guides, and starter template are free to audit. The AI-powered review pass and verified certificate unlock at ₹99.
Can I add the SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis project to my resume and GitHub?
Yes — that is the point. You build in your own public GitHub repo, every milestone is reviewed against a fixed rubric, and the certificate links to the repo employers can inspect. Only list what is visible in your repo.
How long does the SaaS Churn & Retention Analysis project take?
Most students finish the 5 milestones in 2–4 weekends. Milestones unlock in order, and you can re-submit any milestone that needs work.
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