Data Teams are like Role Playing Games (RPG). If you’re not familiar with RPGs, there is a person or group of characters all working together for a common goal. A crucial part of the individual characters are their levels, skills, and stats. In many games, higher...
Data teams can be challenging. KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) are different from other teams. The team’s value creation and performance are distinct. I want to share some KPIs. Before embarking on this, you’ll want to create baseline numbers for all metrics. This...
I want to tell you a story about how my life changed. It wasn’t a cult, new religion, or programming language. A million monkeys changed my life. Ten years ago, I randomly recreated every work of Shakespeare. It was quite a project on the technical, news, and...
During my interviews for another case study in Data Teams, I was introduced to a concept I teach but hadn’t heard so brilliantly stated. The case study was with Justin Coffey and François Jehl, who were both at Criteo. Justin introduced this concept of keeping...
By Jesse Anderson and Mikio Braun Organizations are gradually getting the message about the critical nature of data engineering. Data science teams are getting that message too. Sometimes, that message gets muddled, and data science teams think they just need to add a...
