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_3

3. The Data Science Team

Jesse Anderson¹  

(1)

Reno, NV, USA

 

And all this science I don’t understand

It’s just my job five days a week

—“Rocket Man” by Elton John

Of the three teams that make up a modern data team, we start with the data scientists, because they produce the output that their organizations use to make decisions. The other two teams exist to primarily work with the data scientists and secondarily with other parts of the organization.

The goal of the data science team is to create advanced analytics. On the high end of the spectrum, these could be generated by artificial intelligence (AI), where machine learning (ML) is currently the most common technique. ...