The organizational and technical challenges of building a data mesh

As we discussed at the start of this chapter, a data mesh may mean different things to different people. Some people approach a data mesh implementation as though it were just a technical challenge about improving the sharing and creation of analytical data. But as we have seen, the way that Dehghani proposed a data mesh approach is not about technical solutions to data sharing, but much more about the overall way that an organization approaches analytical data.

In this section, we look at some of the challenges (both organizational and technical) of implementing a data mesh.

Changing the way that an organization approaches analytical data

While there are technical challenges to building a data mesh, the more difficult part is changing the way that an organization views analytical data, and changing who is responsible for creating analytical data.

While there is no “traditional” way to...