You cannot overstate how valuable data science can be to an organisation – but you need to convince the organisation first. This book shows you how.

What does this book cover?

Doing the kind of data science work that really matters demands a highly interdisciplinary approach, and requires a deep understanding of everything from presentation and salesmanship to project management and business philosophy.

Managing Your Data Science Projects: Learn Salesmanship, Presentation, and Maintenance of Completed Models gives you an in-depth understanding of:

• How you can ‘sell’ your data models to an organisation to ensure that they have a real impact on its operations
• How to manage communication between different teams effectively
• How to conduct accurate customer and market research
• How to use analytics to assess risk
• How to measure and record operational metrics

About the Author

Robert de Graaf is a researcher at RightShip, and was instrumental in developing their Qi platform. He has experience in project engineering, quality control and design, but his real passion is in applying statistical models to real world business problems.

This book is a favourite of students of the data sciences, practicing data scientists and those who manage data scientists. It is a manual for developing good data management processes that drive business success.