# Why Data Teams Should Focus on Business Value, Not Just Technical Decisions

DevFeed: [Why Data Teams Should Focus on Business Value, Not Just Technical Decisions](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/engineers-are-obsessed-with-the-how-and-often-forget-why-37142.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://seattledataguy.substack.com/p/engineers-are-obsessed-with-the-how>)

Author: SeattleDataGuy

Published: 2026-09-05T16:08:27Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [SeattleDataGuy's Newsletter](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/seattledataguy-s-newsletter.md>)

Topics: [data](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/data.md>), [coding](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/coding.md>), [Microservice](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/microservice.md>), [Cloud](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cloud.md>)

Tags: [architecture](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/architecture.md>), [business-value](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/business-value.md>), [data-platform](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data-platform.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [technical](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/technical.md>)

## AI overview

This opinion article argues that engineers and data teams often focus heavily on technical choices--such as architecture, platforms, and infrastructure--while neglecting the business reasons for building an application or feature. It encourages teams to prioritize meaningful outcomes and business value.

## Source excerpt

Why data teams need to spend less time debating the stack and more time questioning the work