Team Topologies and Data Ownership at Scale
In the previous chapter, we unpacked the different stages that are involved in the shift toward managing data as a product. We also explored how to craft an adaptive data strategy to navigate these stages seamlessly, ultimately achieving a company-wide adoption of this new data management paradigm.
In this chapter, we’ll learn how to design an optimal organizational structure so that we can implement the socio-technical architecture of the data management function described in Chapter 3, Data Product-Centered Architectures.
Specifically, we’ll explore how to organize operational and management teams and their interaction modes based on the organization’s context and goals to achieve a fast flow of data product-driven value delivery.
This chapter will cover the following main topics:
- Introducing Team Topologies
- Defining operational teams
- Defining management teams
- Evaluating decentralization...
