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Data Driven Kindle Edition

by DJ Patil (Author), Hilary Mason (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
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Succeeding with data isn’t just a matter of putting Hadoop in your machine room, or hiring some physicists with crazy math skills. It requires you to develop a data culture that involves people throughout the organization. In this O’Reilly report, DJ Patil and Hilary Mason outline the steps you need to take if your company is to be truly data-driven—including the questions you should ask and the methods you should adopt.

You’ll not only learn examples of how Google, LinkedIn, and Facebook use their data, but also how Walmart, UPS, and other organizations took advantage of this resource long before the advent of Big Data. No matter how you approach it, building a data culture is the key to success in the 21st century.

You’ll explore:

  • Data scientist skills—and why every company needs a Spock
  • How the benefits of giving company-wide access to data outweigh the costs
  • Why data-driven organizations use the scientific method to explore and solve data problems
  • Key questions to help you develop a research-specific process for tackling important issues
  • What to consider when assembling your data team
  • Developing processes to keep your data team (and company) engaged
  • Choosing technologies that are powerful, support teamwork, and easy to use and learn
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00SXHFTAS
  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ O'Reilly Media; 1st edition (January 5, 2015)
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ January 5, 2015
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 2923 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
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  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 34 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
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Tomas Moser
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple yet very powerful thoughts
Reviewed in the United States on October 29, 2022
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I found this surprisingly short essay very powerful. I work for a data analytics software vendor. All our customers should read it.
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GiHwan J.
4.0 out of 5 stars Easy to read. Good insights for beginner
Reviewed in the United States on January 16, 2023
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a short but very insightful. this book does not give you a way to setup data scientist team or instruct what it sould have to. but will let you know the direction where we have to go. just spending time around 30minutes to know it is worth to you i believe.
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Scot
3.0 out of 5 stars Good at basics
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2016
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It was basic and easy to read. It did not bridge some gaps on how non-technical people will actually use data. He gives examples where data works but does not where it does not. He implies data is the answer when it has been around forever and is actually just a tool.
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Matt Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars Easy Read with A LOT of Great Information to Chew On
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019
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I'm wrapping up a data science degree and really want to have an impact on the data culture where I work. This book is a short read with A LOT of GREAT information to take away and discuss with management. I'm even considering stepping out of my comfort zone and buying several copies to distribute to leadership in the hopes of sparking discussion.
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Ed Barton
4.0 out of 5 stars Data Driven Principles
Reviewed in the United States on April 11, 2020
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Data access, data democracy, open data driven discussions, dashboards, asking the right questions and using accessible tools and accurate sources of clean data are critical to true data driven organizations. As data becomes easier to gather and analyze, the approach to its use is critically important. This series is a good business oriented approach to data science. Good read.
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Andrew Brown
5.0 out of 5 stars Good baseline look at Data in Business Intelligence
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2016
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This is an easily consumed paper. It has a solid perspective on how to approach data in the current age. Terms like "big data" get thrown around, but few people can agree what it means. This paper gives some hooks to hang better ideas about data and what it can mean to your organization.
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Frank Castillo
4.0 out of 5 stars Practical and interesting
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2020
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This book is a good read to know how to learn a data cuture in any organization and how to allow people across the business participate in the data driven transformation.
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Brandon K
5.0 out of 5 stars Insight Into Daily Data
Reviewed in the United States on March 7, 2015
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A wonderful read for anybody looking to get their feet wet in data culture. This short book provides a high level overview of data-driven best practices for modern businesses. The book is easy to understand and contains many insights from industry leading professionals. Hope to see more from Hilary and DJ in the future.
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Eric Gabriel de Carvalho
5.0 out of 5 stars Boa introdução ao tema, com alguns exemplo interessante.
Reviewed in Brazil on May 24, 2023
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Gostei dos exemplos citados no livro e algumas dicas importantes do que deve ser avaliado para indicar que está no caminho certo.
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carlo occhiena
2.0 out of 5 stars too short to be relevant
Reviewed in Italy on May 3, 2021
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it's a very short book with some quick insight over "data driven approach".
you can find longer articles online.
at least it's free :)
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MARIEL
4.0 out of 5 stars Really helpful
Reviewed in Mexico on November 27, 2017
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Good understanding of data driven.
It's interesting to know how big is the data driven challenge. And how to improve making decisions.
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UTKARSH KUMAR
5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing concepts and information
Reviewed in India on October 16, 2019
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Amazing concepts and information .Its easy to understand the complex things .Really helped by the contents available.I would suggest this to the people who are in data science or looking for transition in the filed of data science.
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Max
4.0 out of 5 stars Good
Reviewed in Germany on January 15, 2019
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Good and well done , need more concrete examples. But in general I would say it was useful to read
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