About this course: Data science is a team sport. As a data science executive it is your job to recruit, organize, and manage the team to success. In this one-week course, we will cover how you can find the right people to fill out your data science team, how to organize them to give them the best chance to feel empowered and successful, and how to manage your team as it grows. This is a focused course designed to rapidly get you up to speed on the process of building and managing a data science team. Our goal was to make this as convenient as possible for you without sacrificing any essential content. We've left the technical information aside so that you can focus on managing your team and moving it forward. After completing this course you will know. 1. The different roles in the data science team including data scientist and data engineer 2. How the data science team relates to other teams in an organization 3. What are the expected qualifications of different data science team members 4. Relevant questions for interviewing data scientists 5. How to manage the onboarding process for the team 6. How to guide data science teams to success 7. How to encourage and empower data science teams Commitment: 1 week of study, 4-6 hours Course cover image by JaredZammit. Creative Commons BY-SA. https://flic.kr/p/5vuWZz
Taught by: Jeff Leek, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Taught by: Brian Caffo, PhD, Professor, Biostatistics
Bloomberg School of Public Health
Taught by: Roger D. Peng, PhD, Associate Professor, Biostatistics
Bloomberg School of Public Health
| Basic Info | Course 2 of 5 in the Executive Data Science Specialization |
| Commitment | 1 week of study, 4-6 hours |
| Language | English |
| How To Pass | Pass all graded assignments to complete the course. |
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- Video: About your instructor
- Video: The Data Team
- Video: When Do You Need Data Science?
- Reading: Lecture materials and related reading
- Video: Data Engineer: Qualifications & Skills
- Video: Data Scientist: Qualifications & Skills
- Video: Data Science Manager: Qualifications & Skills
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Video: Where To Find The Data Team
- Video: Interviewing For Data Science
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Video: Onboarding the Data Science Team
- Video: Managing the Data Science Team
- Video: Evaluating Success of the Team
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Video: Embedded Teams vs. Dedicated Groups
- Video: How Does Data Science Interact with Other Groups
- Video: Empowering Others to Use Data
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Video: Common Interaction Difficulties
- Video: Common Internal Difficulties
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Video: Wrap-Up
- Reading: Lecture Materials and Related Reading
- Reading: Post-Course Survey
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Very Informative
This course had a lot of practical, helpful guidelines for managing technology professionals in general, in addition to specific pointers for managing a data science team.
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Concise & good overview on Data team building & management.