Lean Product Management

The problem with data

1. Accessing data: One of the bottlenecks with data (or information) is that it is usually hoarded. Access to data is often limited to technology/data teams or to a few exclusive users. So, stakeholders come to depend on the technology/data teams to provide them with data. They raise requests for data or reports, which data teams provide based on how much time they have to hand. The data/technology teams make decisions on the fly about when to share data, who to share data with, and in what formats to share the data. When a more powerful stakeholder requests data, it is assumed that the need is urgent and data teams may drop everything else and attend to this. When someone not as powerful requests data, teams may deprioritize ...