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.

Building a Data Science Team

Building a Data Science Team
This course is part of Executive Data Science Specialization



Instructors: Jeff Leek, PhD
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What you'll learn
Describe the various roles that make up a Data Science team
Manage a Data Science team onboarding
Know relevant questions for interviewing data scientists
Understand how to encourage and empower Data Science teams
Skills you'll gain
- Recruitment
- Data Science
- Management Training And Development
- Staff Management
- People Management
- Interviewing Skills
- Drive Engagement
- Organizational Leadership
- Organizational Effectiveness
- Technical Management
- Talent Recruitment
- Team Building
- New Hire Orientations
- Team Leadership
- Business Leadership
- Team Motivation
- Full Cycle Recruitment
- Team Management
- Employee Onboarding
- Team Performance Management
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Reviewed on Jan 22, 2017
Good overview of forming Data science team. The challenges are typical of any SDLC project. However I was looking to glean some specific challenges between DSc team and product or marketing teams.
Reviewed on Mar 23, 2016
High level but with enough details and context to make sense of the manager/exec/director's role in data science or the enterprise employing data science.
Reviewed on Apr 15, 2018
Excellent content - delivery could be improved somewhat but happy overall. Lots of practical advice relevant to the job and team dynamics. Read the supplementary material/links
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