Data teams aim to help the people in their organization make better decisions. Many data teams aren’t doing this as well as they could and are missing out on a huge opportunity, both for the organization and the team. This gap is due to teams not being set up for success, which undermines trust in the data and the insights the team generates. There is a better way to build and run a data organization: run it as if you were building a Data Product and all of your colleagues are your customers. We believe this has the ability to transform your organization and help teams reach their true potential. Note: While you may have heard “Data as a Product” before, we do not use it in the same way as Justin Gage does in “Data as a Product vs. Data as a Service“. Justin refers to the actual data and artifacts of Data Teams as the final product while we have a broader definition of what constitutes the Data Product. Service-oriented data teams aren’t effective Most data teams aren’t set up for success. For many years, data teams have been buried in the IT function. Like IT functions, those … Continue reading Run Your Data Team Like A Product Team