3 Kickstart your data mesh MVP in a month

 

This chapter covers

  • Selecting part of your organization for building your first data products
  • Choosing the right people to work on your project
  • Setting up the governance of your data mesh
  • Discovering and describing your first data product
  • Creating the minimal viable infrastructure as a platform (aka the central platform)

In chapter 1, you learned what a data mesh is and what its elements are. In chapter 2, we provided a framework for analysis in terms of whether a data mesh is suitable for you and your business. If you’re here, it means you’re ready to put that knowledge into practice.

You may use this chapter as a learn-as-you-go experience and, following your Messflix alter-ego example, build your data mesh minimal viable infrastructure as a platform, constituting an MVP of your data mesh, within a month. You’ll learn how to map your organizational environment and select partners, enabling smooth project development, as well as how to use the most straightforward technical tools to develop a data mesh.

3.1 Getting the lay of the land

3.1.1 Drawing a system landscape diagram

3.1.2 Performing stakeholder analysis

3.2 Identifying candidates for the MVP implementation team

3.2.1 Choosing development teams

3.2.2 Choosing the cooperation model

3.2.3 Choosing a data governance team

3.3 Setting up MVP governance

3.3.1 Defining data mesh value statement(s)

3.3.2 Defining data governance policies

3.3.3 Federating data governance

3.4 Developing minimal data products