## Metadata - Author: [[Ergest xheblati|Ergest Xheblati]] - Full Title:: Why Focusing on Answering Questions Dooms Data Teams - Category:: #🗞️Articles - Document Tags:: [[Data culture|Data culture]], [[Data team vision and mission|Data Team Vision And Mission]], - URL:: https://ergestx.substack.com/p/why-focusing-on-answering-questions - Finished date:: [[2023-12-02]] ## Highlights > Any and all analytics focused on just answering questions or building dashboards is doomed to becoming a low value cost center in the organization, which eventually leads to the dreaded "what's the ROI of the data team?" question. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hgnkz742wanqj9hdbzvhn2f0)) > induced demand?" It's a phenomenon that's well known in transportation whereby widening a highway by a lane or more to solve traffic congestion inevitably leads to more cars on the road which leads to more traffic congestion making the problem worse. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hgnm00yq0dvme67naky5922v)) > you’ll not only get more questions but even more exotic questions. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hgnm0f3af6qmv9y9gw7b39tf)) > There’s a huge difference between a question that leads to a decision that improves the company’s bottom line and a question that’s a mere curiosity ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hgnm1e9dzns4cr741knpjv7z)) > The correct assumption is that the purpose of analytics isn't to answer questions but to improve operational performance ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01hgnm21srpb2d3q14na1b5gd5))