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.