Identifying the responsibilities of team members
Working in a data team requires having a clear separation of duties to streamline development work. This is like a musical orchestra, where each member—even within a wind, string, bass, or percussion section—can have a slightly different role to play. Similarly, in a data team, there will be members with different sets of skills and overlapping skills.
As analytics engineers, we might have to collaborate with both data engineers and data analysts or the consumers of data, either within the same team or across departments. It is crucial to define team responsibilities to prevent conflicts over tasks and ensure clear accountability.
The responsibility boundaries help create focus on a specific domain of work, which allows for the following:
- Mitigating the risks of overlapping work and redundant efforts, optimizing the team’s productivity
- Fostering a sense of accountability and ownership among team...
