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_7

7. Working as a Data Team

Jesse Anderson¹  

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Reno, NV, USA

 

There is no life I know

To compare with pure imagination

—“Pure Imagination” by Gene Wilder

Standing between books and business needs comes the reality of implementing and creating data teams. In the real world, you have to handle egos, corporate politics, and the expectations staff may have in their first jobs outside of academic careers. This chapter looks at some of the challenges you have to face when building or expanding your big data efforts:

• Roles and relationships on teams

• Conveying corporate expectations while managing the expectations and egos of staff

• Avoiding unproductive distractions

• Fixing technical ...