The Importance of Collaboration for Data Teams

Collaboration within a data team is crucial, as no data effort is a single person's effort. It is important for data teams to collaborate with their organization outside of the team to align data initiatives with the organization's main metrics and objectives. This collaboration requires the data team to convince the rest of the organization of the value and relevance of their data initiatives. In addition, there is a need for the outside organization to communicate back to the data team, creating a two-way channel of communication. This is particularly challenging when dealing with citizen data scientists, individuals who may not have formal data training but are required to interact with data as part of their everyday jobs. Providing resources and promoting data literacy among citizen data scientists is key to enabling effective collaboration between data teams and other departments.