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Been jammin& #39; with @grantwinship about what separates great data teams. This is where we landed.
Great data teams realize they are in control of entity definitions.
What does this mean?
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Great data teams realize they are in control of entity definitions.
What does this mean?
If I ask: "What does a record in the "customers" model represent?"
Most data teams: "We pull that data from our app"
Great data teams: "Someone who has purchased a product — they might come from our online store (our own app), or our retail locations (a POS system)"
Most data teams: "We pull that data from our app"
Great data teams: "Someone who has purchased a product — they might come from our online store (our own app), or our retail locations (a POS system)"
Or: "What does a record in the "users" model represent?"
Most data teams: "That& #39;s from our users table"
Great data teams: "It& #39;s our best guess of one & #39;real life& #39; person. They don& #39;t need to have an account — we included anonymous users in this table."
Most data teams: "That& #39;s from our users table"
Great data teams: "It& #39;s our best guess of one & #39;real life& #39; person. They don& #39;t need to have an account — we included anonymous users in this table."
Most data teams: group reports / dashboards / analyses by data source — stripe, segment, zendesk
Great data teams: group reports / dashboards / analyses by business area — marketing, product, finance, support
Great data teams: group reports / dashboards / analyses by business area — marketing, product, finance, support
How do we know this?
In my first data role, I let my source data define my data models — I made these mistakes myself!
We also see lots of companies we work with do the same thing. It feels like a subtle difference, but ends up being a huge paradigm shift.
In my first data role, I let my source data define my data models — I made these mistakes myself!
We also see lots of companies we work with do the same thing. It feels like a subtle difference, but ends up being a huge paradigm shift.
