Synergizing Data Science and Software Engineering Teams

Due to the nature of their role, data scientists need to collaborate with many different stakeholders and departments. Recently, there has been a lot of focus on the need for data scientists to collaborate with business functions that will leverage the solutions designed by data scientists. While this collaboration aspect is certainly important, a critical collaboration aspect that is overlooked is the collaboration of data science teams with software engineering. This article focuses on the areas of opportunities. Specifically, the article will help answer questions like:

• What are the areas of opportunities for data scientists and developers to collaborate?
• What are the benefits of collaborations?
• How can SAPinsiders enhance this collaboration?