# Early stage data teams: a balancing act

DevFeed: [Early stage data teams: a balancing act](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/early-stage-data-teams-a-balancing-act-11619.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://incident.io/blog/balancing-data-teams>)

Author: Jack Colsey

Published: 2022-11-08T00:00:00Z

Content type: article

Language: en

Sources: [The incident.io Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/the-incident-io-blog.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data-engineering.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dashboards.md>)

Tags: [analytics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/analytics.md>), [dashboards](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dashboards.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [data-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-engineering.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident.md>), [incident-channel](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-channel.md>), [incident-management](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-management.md>), [incident-response](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/incident-response.md>), [infrastructure](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/infrastructure.md>), [outage](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/outage.md>), [post-mortem](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/post-mortem.md>), [slack-incident](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/slack-incident.md>)

## AI overview

This article explains how a very small data team can balance broad responsibilities and have a large business impact. It covers infrastructure, core dashboards, success measurement, deep dives, and ad-hoc work, emphasizing reliable data and trusted pipelines.

## Source excerpt

How to make sure a small team can have a big impact.