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Weekly Episode Summaries and Programming Notes – Week of October 1, 2023

Oct 1, 2023
The podcast discusses the upcoming episodes and programming notes. They highlight the importance of measurement and tracking progress in data. It explores the evolution of metrics and user adoption in data products. The chapter also discusses introducing data to business users and building a data product team. It provides insights on implementing data mesh governance.
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Quick takeaways

  • Measurement is crucial for becoming a data-driven organization and involves tracking progress and encouraging early adoption to drive the development of new use cases.
  • Data mesh governance requires finding a balance between decentralization and central governance, with emphasis on communication, culture, shared outcomes, and maintaining momentum.

Deep dives

Summary of episode 256: Driving towards a data-driven culture with DataMesh

In this episode, Amy Edwards, former director of analytics and product at VISTA, discusses the importance of measurement in becoming a data-driven organization. She emphasizes the need to track and understand progress in order to focus on different aspects of data products or a mesh journey. Amy also highlights the importance of getting people to use specific data products to generate value and encourages early adoption to drive the development of new use cases. She shares insights on balancing usability and customization and the challenges of data fluency and consumer adoption. Amy concludes by discussing the structure and function of data product teams and the importance of engaged consumer stakeholders.

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