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Managing Data Science

By : Kirill Dubovikov
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Managing Data Science

By: Kirill Dubovikov

Overview of this book

Data science and machine learning can transform any organization and unlock new opportunities. However, employing the right management strategies is crucial to guide the solution from prototype to production. Traditional approaches often fail as they don't entirely meet the conditions and requirements necessary for current data science projects. In this book, you'll explore the right approach to data science project management, along with useful tips and best practices to guide you along the way. After understanding the practical applications of data science and artificial intelligence, you'll see how to incorporate them into your solutions. Next, you will go through the data science project life cycle, explore the common pitfalls encountered at each step, and learn how to avoid them. Any data science project requires a skilled team, and this book will offer the right advice for hiring and growing a data science team for your organization. Later, you'll be shown how to efficiently manage and improve your data science projects through the use of DevOps and ModelOps. By the end of this book, you will be well versed with various data science solutions and have gained practical insights into tackling the different challenges that you'll encounter on a daily basis.
Table of Contents (18 chapters)
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Section 1: What is Data Science?
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Section 2: Building and Sustaining a Team
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Section 3: Managing Various Data Science Projects
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Section 4: Creating a Development Infrastructure

Choosing a methodology that suits your project

Choosing a project management methodology can become a captivating and complex task. You can spend a lot of time thinking about how one approach will support your processes better than another, and what limitations it will have. Try not to spend much of your time on methodological considerations. It is much more important to choose something and stick with it unless it is clearly harming your project. To simplify this process, we will explore some simple guidelines when it comes to choosing a management approach.

Creating disruptive innovation

If you create a solution that should disrupt the market, the only thing that matters is the efficiency of your methodology. You won&apos...