Executive Summary We want our work to be impactful and used by stakeholders; we keep hearing that developing data products is the answer. Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to get there. Successful data products help our collaborators decide how to improve the company’s health. To do so, before any development starts, we first need to have a shared understanding of the context around: why something needs to happen (e.g., our objective), what specifically needs to happen (e.g., our outcome...| Locally Optimistic
As you progress in your career, your focus shifts from completing discrete tasks assigned to you, to owning larger projects. Being able to execute complex projects with limited support expands your potential impact on your organization. And as you take ownership of bigger initiatives, you’ll need strong project execution skills to see them through smoothly. Project execution is both an obvious and unappreciated need for senior data practitioners. Work settings often don’t clearly teach ...| Locally Optimistic