Building a Data Science Team

5 hours to complete 3 weeks at 1 hour a week
Flexible Schedule

Jeff Leek, PhD , Brian Caffo, PhD , Roger D. Peng, PhD

What You’ll Learn

Describe the various roles that make up a Data Science team

Manage a Data Science team onboarding

Know relevant questions for interviewing data scientists

Understand how to encourage and empower Data Science teams

Skills You’ll Gain

Team Management Data Science Organizational Leadership Technical Management People Management Recruitment Team Motivation Cross-Functional Collaboration Data Strategy Interviewing Skills Team Building Employee Onboarding

Shareable Certificate

Earn a shareable certificate to add to your LinkedIn profile.

Develop Your Specialized Knowledge

Learn new concepts from industry experts

Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool

Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects

Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 1 modules in this course

Welcome to Building a Data Science Team! This course is one module, intended to be taken in one week. the course works best if you follow along with the material in the order it is presented. Each lecture consists of videos and reading materials and every lecture has a 5 question quiz. You need to get 4 out of 5 or better on the quiz to pass. Overall the quizzes are worth 17% of your grade each, with the exception of the last quiz, which is worth 15%. I'm excited to have you in the class and look forward to your contributions to the learning community. Click Discussions to see forums where you can discuss the course material with fellow students taking the class. Be sure to introduce yourself to everyone in the Meet and Greet forum.If you have questions about course content, please post them in the forums to get help from others in the course community. For technical problems with the Coursera platform, visit the Learner Help Center.Good luck as you get started, and I hope you enjoy the course! -Jeff