Data

What does it mean when we say data producers must take responsibility for their data?

The 98/2 rule as described in the Farnam Street newsletter back in July has really stuck with me:

Conway’s law asserts that the designs of systems are influenced by an organisation’s communication structure, suggesting that how teams are organised and communicate will reflect in the final product.

A new data team, perhaps being created in a business that is evolving from a startup to a scaleup, often focus on accessibility.

Jesse Anderson ran a survey which had some interesting results.

Writing code.

There’s a limit to what you can do with a fully centralised data team.

How many times do you find something that is not working as it should be, and after digging around you find it has no clear owner?

Each data project should be doing or enabling one of three things:

The bystander effect is a social phenomenon where individuals are less likely to offer help to a victim when other people are present.