In this chapter, you focused on organizing your team to lead you down a path of success. You identified the distinctive skills you require for your project—data scientists, experimental analysts, application developers, infrastructure specialists, change leaders, and project managers.

You identified the unique experiences and expertise you need in these profiles in the context of Big Data projects and where to source them from. You then worked on how to put your team together and what kind of structure to put them in.

Next, you learned about how to build an extended ecosystem comprising academic institutes and consulting organizations to accelerate your Big Data initiatives. In this discussion, you worked on defining the right engagement framework and some best practices to make the engagement successful. You then explored techniques to improve your team alignment and make them more productive through training, quick-wins, and innovative leadership models. Finally, you worked on topics...