Scaling Knowledge: Why dbt Labs is making the bet on a data literate organization
What is it like to build a data team for a company in the data space?
This talk is centered around how dbt Labs is building their data team. We will cover how our team is structured, how we operate and interact with the greater organization, and how we set expectations and responsibilities that are helping us become a self-service organization.
From team values to creating resource docs to becoming the arbiters of truth, this talk will cover how we're innovating and striving to become a world-class data team.
Catch all of Coalesce 2021, the analytics engineering conference, at https://getdbt.com/coalesce-2021/.
00:00 Introduction
03:34 Team Structure
05:17 What Does Good Self-Service Look Like?
07:32 The Benefits of Self-Service
10:01 Why dbt Labs Chose Self-Service Analytics
11:40 The [dirt Road to Self-Service Analytics
13:00 Current Data Consumer Journey
15:15 Ideal Data Consumer Journey
16:35 Execution
19:11 Onboarding for New Colleagues
22:02 Take a Moment to Celebrate
23:10 Challenges