Data Science Teams & Practice
It's a blog after a 1.5-year gap... Recently, I had the chance to attend a webinar/zoom panel discussion on Building Effective Data Science Teams organized by RStudio. It was an interesting conversation - I highly recommend spending the hour to watch if you are interested in this field. I'll summarize some key takeaways from the discussions for me and some thoughts from my side. 1. Communication, Communication, Communication! The panel could not have stressed more the need for MORE communication between the data science team and the various stakeholders (business/functional team, internal customers, etc.) Data Science(DS) teams/Software Developers tend to like to work in a cave and only like to emerge with a shiny (pun intended!) new object - this is a high-risk game. More communication with the stakeholders allows for the project to be focused/aligned with everyone's expectations and more importantly, creates a sense of 'joint-ownership' of the project and th...