Data Teams: A Unified Management Model for Successful Data-Focused Teams

© Jesse Anderson 2020

J. AndersonData Teamshttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6228-3_2

2. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Data Teams

Jesse Anderson¹  

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Reno, NV, USA

 

Successful Data Teams

And the dreams that you dream of

Dreams really do come true

—“Over the Rainbow” as sung by Israel Kamakawiwoʻole

Only 15 percent of businesses reported deploying their big data project to production, effectively unchanged from last year (14 percent).¹

—Gartner Research

This quote from Gartner shows why, in the previous chapter, I focused so much on success or failure. The vast majority of big data projects either fail outright or underperform. The quote echoes my own experience in dealing with teams and projects. I’m really tired of seeing so many projects fail. ...