![rw-book-cover](http://static1.squarespace.com/static/6027436999ff362af115425c/60e50ab3c8e926622beb8461/61d901b0d1fa096cf09d368b/1641615479847/?format=1500w) ## Metadata - Author: [[haystacks-by-caitlin-hudon|Haystacks By Caitlin Hudon]] - Full Title:: An Intake Form for Data Requests - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data culture|Data culture]], [[Engineering management|Engineering Management]], [[no-work-without-knowing-why-improve-roi|No Work Without Knowing Why Improve Roi]] - URL:: https://www.caitlinhudon.com/posts/2020/09/16/data-intake-form - Finished date:: [[2023-08-19]] ## Highlights > ![](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EgwVarHXcAU5wIX.png) ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h85d12n77mn1s99twsm4ew29)) > radar. Once submitted, the forms come to my inbox (as the team's lead and manager ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h86903txkt7gq0dmv5tx7epv)) > Our intake form is opinionated. Years of designing and carrying out analyses has taught me that the more context I have up-front, the better my analysis will be. So, our intake form is designed to gather as much context as we can reasonably get in a few questions. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h8691xwcqsxjw87sbqq8vq8n)) > What decision will you make or action will you take with this data? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h869297epvkk86qtwtywmat9)) > One thing we were mindful of while creating an intake form is that we were adding friction to the data request process ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h86930x9y11yfejjwv7jkpmz)) > Who will see this deliverable? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h86944bqpx6xgbrv0e2s92pc)) > Will this deliver business value within 90 days? ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h8694k57amhc955dfs1nt893)) > Which OKR will this move?" ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01h8694p0xweg6xam9p2jj83rd))