
Sales Enablement is a thing. It's been a thing for years. It is a discipline (Sales Enablement Manager) and a process and category of tools.
Data Team Enablement is everything that improves the speed, quality, and cost of delivery of data products.
Data Team Enablement is everything that helps data professionals offload low-value, high-effort work in favor of high-value outcomes.
Data Team Enablement is:
People
a. Mature management, who has done the job before.
b. Standardized hiring practices for analysts, DS, engineering.
c. Defined ownership, whether shared or individual, over deliverables, outcomes, and analysis.
Process
a. Here is how we run a ticketing queue. Here are the SLAs.
b. Here is how we balance tech debt with backlog with proactive work.
c. Here is how we validate correctness, version control, and ensure repeatable outcomes.
Technology
a. This tool enables analysts to discover data quicker.
b. This solution helps data engineers and analysts communicate better.
c. This platform helps detect errors immediately, thus saving the team 20 hrs a month. (c)