I like the concept of “Full Stack Data Science”, especially the way the author depicts it in the included graphic.
One thing I would like to point out is the recognition that the process is really a circle (as depicted) and not a spiral, or line. What I mean by that, is the path does not close between what can be perceived as the beginning “Business goal” and the end “Use, monitor and optimize”.
The results of applying Data Science to business problems not only helps solve these problems, but actually changes the motivators that drive the seeking of solutions in the first place. Business goals are usually held up as the ends with the lowest dependency gradient of any component of any complex enterprise architecture. While this may be true at any point in time, the dependency is not zero. Business goals themselves change over time and not just in response to changing economic, societal or environmental factors. The technology used to meet these goals does itself drive changes to the business goals.
A party, whether person or organization, tends to do what it is capable of doing. Technology gives it more activities to undertake and things to produce and consume, which then feedback to the goals that motivate it.
I think this article is one of the best I’ve seen in making that point.
Tags: 6BI, Business Motivation, Data Science, Enterprise Architecture, written by Others
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