Working With Stakeholders

Summary

Understanding what a stakeholder actually needs (often different from what they literally asked for), managing expectations on turnaround time, and pushing back respectfully on unclear or unreasonable requests.

How to Learn This

1Practice the question 'what decision will this data help you make?' before starting any request.
2Learn to set expectations on timeline upfront, especially for messy or ambiguous asks.
3Draft a polite way to push back on a request that seems poorly scoped.

Translating Business Questions Into Data Questions

Prioritizing Ad-Hoc Requests

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