From the course: Introduction to Analytics Engineering
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Communicating with the business team
From the course: Introduction to Analytics Engineering
Communicating with the business team
- [Instructor] Effective communication between analytics engineers and business teams is essential for the success of any project. This helps to ensure that the engineer's goals are aligned with business objectives. Analytics engineers need to understand the business objectives in order to create effective data models and reporting infrastructure. Otherwise, you may assume something is helpful and spend a lot of time building something that never gets used. Knowing what the goals are for the business teams also can help the analytics engineer prioritize their work correctly to also help build for the greatest impact. Communication also helps to manage expectations. Analytics engineers know what data is available on the backend and need to be transparent and explain what is possible and what is not. After all, the goal of an analytics engineer is to make data accessible. By building that trust and relationship with…
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