{"id":6008,"date":"2024-09-11T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2024-09-11T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/?p=6008"},"modified":"2024-09-11T19:53:49","modified_gmt":"2024-09-11T17:53:49","slug":"four-pitfalls-of-agile-work-in-data-science-teams-and-how-you-can-avoid-them","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/en\/news\/four-pitfalls-of-agile-work-in-data-science-teams-and-how-you-can-avoid-them\/","title":{"rendered":"Four Pitfalls of Agile Work in Data Science Teams (And How You Can Avoid Them)"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6008\" class=\"elementor elementor-6008 elementor-5950\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f0c233 elementor-section-full_width elementor-section-height-min-height red noisy elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-items-middle\" data-id=\"8f0c233\" 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class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-25f6583 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"25f6583\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b9e5a52\" data-id=\"b9e5a52\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aed6906 elementor-widget elementor-widget-theme-post-title elementor-page-title elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"aed6906\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"theme-post-title.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Four Pitfalls of Agile Work in Data Science Teams (And How You Can Avoid Them)<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-75a26ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-post-info\" data-id=\"75a26ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"post-info.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul class=\"elementor-inline-items elementor-icon-list-items elementor-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-db030de elementor-inline-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-icon-list-text elementor-post-info__item elementor-post-info__item--type-custom\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVon Natalia Grinberg\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li class=\"elementor-icon-list-item elementor-repeater-item-2efc209 elementor-inline-item\" 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data-id=\"c8728fe\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-786e658 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"786e658\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5e928ab\" data-id=\"5e928ab\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54185b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54185b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Background<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fb29bd maths elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2fb29bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Agile Manifesto was written in 2001 by 17 software engineers who wanted to give the typical software develo\u00adp\u00adment projects of their day an overhaul: instead of detailed planning for tasks years in the future, unrea\u00adli\u00adstic timelines and a plethora of unneces\u00adsary documen\u00adta\u00adtion, they advocated for delive\u00adring software that works and meets the customer\u2019s needs in a timely fashion.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Over two decades later, agile metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgies like Scrum have become the de-facto standard not only in software develo\u00adp\u00adment but also in adjacent fields like, for instance, data science.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoever has practiced agile methods in both software and data science, will have noticed that the effects on data science products and projects can differ from those on software teams quite a bit. There are a number of common pitfalls that can lead to diffi\u00adcul\u00adties delive\u00adring the desired value to stake\u00adhol\u00adders and clients and might yield plenty of frustra\u00adtion for everyone involved in the meantime.  <strong>In this blog post we will explore four common patterns and some ways to keep them from raining on your agile data science parade, regard\u00adless of your role in the agile team.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cb0cdac elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"cb0cdac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg 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src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-1024x576.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5960\" alt srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-1536x864.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/carles-rabada-05ci_hxKWr4-unsplash-2048x1152.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4066fd1 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4066fd1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Due to their explo\u00adra\u00adtive nature, the early phases of data science projects are parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly diffi\u00adcult to estimate!<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-11f74a2\" data-id=\"11f74a2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a46127 elementor-widget-tablet__width-initial elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a46127\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Especi\u00adally the early phases of any data science endeavor are explo\u00adra\u00adtory in nature.<\/strong> Whether it is the actual data explo\u00adra\u00adtion phase or ridding the datasets of outliers and other impuri\u00adties: more often than not you just cannot tell how long it will take. In the same vein, it can be equally challen\u00adging to break down a big task into smaller incre\u00adments, since you just cannot antici\u00adpate what you will end up dealing with. This problem is typically not as big of an issue in software develo\u00adp\u00adment and agile frame\u00adworks do not come forth with straight\u00adfor\u00adward remedies to this. One way to deal with these issues is to let go of some \u201ccomme il faut\u201d prescrip\u00adtions on how tickets are to be written and estimated, regard\u00adless of how useful and well-inten\u00adtioned they can be in software develo\u00adp\u00adment teams.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88ebea9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"88ebea9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3c6ad79 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3c6ad79\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0a2efde\" data-id=\"0a2efde\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4b4eae9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4b4eae9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-09d8b6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"09d8b6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Give it your best shot at making the stories and tasks as granular as you can and let \u201cgood enough\u201d be good enough. Define crystal clear accep\u00adtance criteria for each incre\u00adment and trust whoever will work on the task to figure out their way to reach the stated goal. If it helps to have the data scien\u00adtists define subtasks as they progress with their task, in order to increase trans\u00adpa\u00adrency and struc\u00adture, go for it.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-021eade\" data-id=\"021eade\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41ba1fa elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"41ba1fa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DON'T:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd53ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3bd53ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Let a task become a never-ending story (pun only semi-intended) without a clear outcome in sight. Just because the path to a goal is not comple\u00adtely charted, does not mean that time and resources cannot be managed. If the goal is clearly speci\u00adfied, effec\u00adtive and frequent commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion within the team will show if meaningful progress is being made. Timeboxing certain tasks (e.g. \u201clet\u2019s give this idea a try for two days maximum to see if it works\u201d) is also a helpful way to be prudent about precious develo\u00adp\u00adment time while not negle\u00adc\u00adting experi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8f64ef6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8f64ef6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-18f38eb\" data-id=\"18f38eb\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eb332fd elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"eb332fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' preserveAspectRatio='none' overflow='visible' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='4' stroke-linecap='square' stroke-miterlimit='10'%3E%3Cpolyline points='0,18 12,6 24,18 '\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16fc8c7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"16fc8c7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Depen\u00adden\u00adcies to other teams slow down progress<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4805d39 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4805d39\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eca7b09\" data-id=\"eca7b09\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26b34b0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26b34b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data science teams are especi\u00adally prone to be depen\u00addent on other teams to deliver neces\u00adsary inputs or feedback. The data might be managed in a dedicated DWH team, the cloud infra\u00adstruc\u00adture is in the hands of the internal IT and business stake\u00adhol\u00adders are scattered all over the place. Maybe you work with a client that strug\u00adgles to provide infor\u00adma\u00adtion in a timely fashion.   <strong>The impedi\u00adments that result from these circum\u00ads\u00adtances are a staple complaint in agile retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtives.<\/strong> Aside from re-desig\u00adning the entire organiza\u00adtion to serve the needs of the data science unit, what could be done to remedy this pain point?<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-bb3f499\" data-id=\"bb3f499\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c519d18 red noisy elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c519d18\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5965\" alt=\"Team Abh\u00e4ngigkeiten\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/randy-fath-ymf4_9Y9S_A-unsplash-2048x1366.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3aff123 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"3aff123\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Data science teams are parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly suscep\u00adtible to being depen\u00addent on other teams<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-45c50a7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"45c50a7\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4a1c7a9\" data-id=\"4a1c7a9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-49d90af elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"49d90af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c12a3b5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c12a3b5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clarify within the team what you need from other people or depart\u00adments on a regular basis and propose a low-effort way for the other party to provide these items. Effec\u00adtive commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion with the right people can absolutely make or break a data science project or data product develo\u00adp\u00adment. This holds equally true for client projects and any initia\u00adtives within a company.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c65997e\" data-id=\"c65997e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d33ed1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"4d33ed1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DON'T:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c9905e9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c9905e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Host pity parties in dailies and retro\u00ads\u00adpec\u00adtives without taking owner\u00adship of the success of the endeavor and propo\u00adsing ways to make it happen despite organiza\u00adtional deficits. This is where empowered agile coaches can make a big diffe\u00adrence to the team\u2019s impact on their company or client. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-458890a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"458890a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-045f410\" data-id=\"045f410\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2585b01 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"2585b01\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' preserveAspectRatio='none' overflow='visible' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='4' stroke-linecap='square' stroke-miterlimit='10'%3E%3Cpolyline points='0,18 12,6 24,18 '\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-96f8e14 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"96f8e14\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion and business objec\u00adtives are misali\u00adgned with the data science team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b55dc20 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b55dc20\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-020b4cd\" data-id=\"020b4cd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0502e24 red noisy elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"0502e24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-1024x680.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-5970\" alt=\"Sprache\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-1024x680.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-768x510.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-1536x1020.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/mark-rasmuson-yri82tuk2TQ-unsplash-2048x1361.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-974debf\" data-id=\"974debf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c6e8f7b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c6e8f7b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Data science teams (similarly to software dev teams) at times speak quite a diffe\u00adrent language than their stake\u00adhol\u00adders or clients.<\/strong> It is not uncommon to measure the contri\u00adbu\u00adtion of a product owner by how effec\u00adtive they are able to bridge this gap. Nevert\u00adheless, everyone in an agile team can and should contri\u00adbute to being in alignment with business objec\u00adtives and efficient commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion with stake\u00adhol\u00adders and clients. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-818491c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"818491c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Each member of the data science team should know his\/her contri\u00adbu\u00adtion to the company's goals<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17893f3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17893f3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-024dc12\" data-id=\"024dc12\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-54bebaf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"54bebaf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dc54cc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"dc54cc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be very clear on what your stake\u00adhol\u00adders or clients are trying to achieve and how the data science team contri\u00adbutes to those goals. Make sure that the reviews and other meetings enable the stake\u00adhol\u00adders to under\u00adstand what progress is being made and the benefit that is provided to the company or the client. If your stake\u00adhol\u00adders would benefit from a crash course on data science termi\u00adno\u00adlogy and concepts, do not hesitate to offer such training to them because it is bound to improve commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion going forward. In the end the data science team benefits the most from their stake\u00adhol\u00adders parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adtion and sugges\u00adtions.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b2e032c\" data-id=\"b2e032c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-79877a7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"79877a7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DON'T:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07b0747 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07b0747\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Invite stake\u00adhol\u00adders not familiar with the details of data science to the review and proceed to discuss highly technical concepts because they happen to be interes\u00adting to a hypothe\u00adtical data science audience. The reviews are a valuable occasion to elicit stake\u00adholder feedback and help to improve the outcomes for the business. Technical discus\u00adsions ought to take place in a more appro\u00adpriate setting if the stake\u00adhol\u00adders are not equipped to meaningfully contri\u00adbute to them.  <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7dc5fb elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7dc5fb\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-906bc3e\" data-id=\"906bc3e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-561b589 elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"561b589\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' preserveAspectRatio='none' overflow='visible' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='4' stroke-linecap='square' stroke-miterlimit='10'%3E%3Cpolyline points='0,18 12,6 24,18 '\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1f1aa93 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"1f1aa93\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Adapting an agile mindset proves challen\u00adging <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-cf46575 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"cf46575\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86c7326\" data-id=\"86c7326\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cace202 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cace202\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Data science as a disci\u00adpline has been booming for just over a decade, and specia\u00adlized courses have become incre\u00adasingly common over the years.  <strong>Nonetheless, the majority of data scien\u00adtists are still recruited from STEM, econo\u00admics and other quanti\u00adta\u00adtive fields taught in higher educa\u00adtion.<\/strong>  Such an academic background brings with it a set of values and attitudes that, for example, empha\u00adsize thorough\u00adness and indivi\u00addual perfor\u00admance over experi\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion and teamwork. Getting comfor\u00adtable with the values and expec\u00adta\u00adtions of agile work can be deman\u00adding and counter\u00adin\u00adtui\u00adtive to many indivi\u00adduals. It certainly takes time and a healthy dose of courage.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-77c04ec elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"77c04ec\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h5 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">It takes courage to embrace the agile way of working<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-93add29\" data-id=\"93add29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9746aa4 red noisy elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9746aa4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-scaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-6004\" alt=\"Mut\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.m2hycon.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/2b279b48-ccce-4533-b4c4-f4fa22f3bc8d-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8254155 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8254155\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2279ef5\" data-id=\"2279ef5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f051647 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"f051647\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DO:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7ce6c9a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7ce6c9a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be very clear on the team\u2019s expec\u00adta\u00adtions regar\u00adding values and cultural norms. Give construc\u00adtive feedback and discuss openly what is working and what is not. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-48fc5b0\" data-id=\"48fc5b0\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-115b17e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"115b17e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">DON'T:<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8076d4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"d8076d4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fall prey to stereo\u00adtypes about certain profes\u00adsions or academic backgrounds. People learn and adapt to their environ\u00adment more than we sometimes think is possible. The culture of the group and the incen\u00adtive struc\u00adtures people find themselves in, shape how people interact with their environ\u00adments. Thus it is an exercise in leader\u00adship to shape said culture and incen\u00adtives to produce the desired results.   <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bbb8a0c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bbb8a0c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-23c66e9\" data-id=\"23c66e9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-352858c elementor-widget-divider--separator-type-pattern elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"352858c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\" style=\"--divider-pattern-url: url(&quot;data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg xmlns='http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg' preserveAspectRatio='none' overflow='visible' height='100%' viewBox='0 0 24 24' fill='none' stroke='black' stroke-width='4' stroke-linecap='square' stroke-miterlimit='10'%3E%3Cpolyline points='0,18 12,6 24,18 '\/%3E%3C\/svg%3E&quot;);\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-619fd8c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"619fd8c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Conclu\u00adsion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cae733c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cae733c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>Even though the agile metho\u00addo\u00adlogy was not neces\u00ads\u00ada\u00adrily designed with data science in mind, with a few tweaks it can be a natural fit.<\/strong> <strong>Commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adtion and a growth mindset are every bit as important to the success of a data science product or project as the code and the math involved.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This list is far from exhaus\u00adtive but attempts to shed some light on very common patterns that baffle plenty of product owners, agile coaches and data scien\u00adtists. With artifi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence gaining relevance these days, new pheno\u00admena are bound to emerge and might warrant a sequel to this article at a future point in time. <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fd345a5 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fd345a5\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3454126\" data-id=\"3454126\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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