The challenge for every department is to make better decisions with data. Past efforts to provide a centralised data analytics function have failed to deliver because single, overburdened teams are being asked to do too much by too many people.

A different approach is needed. One which brings the principles of agile to data architectures: empowering autonomous teams to deliver data analytics for policy and operations teams whilst following common patterns and using common tools across the organisation.

That is why Data Mesh offers a way out of the critical paths of monolithic data platforms. This is the approach we have recommended and worked with DLUHC to deliver.

About the presenter

Seyed is a Lead Solutions Architect at Zaizi with extensive experience in the Public Sector where he worked across mobile, internet, health, transport, media and finance sectors providing technical leadership and designing cloud-based solutions used by hundreds of thousands of users. He led the National Retraining Scheme at the DfE, responsible for the technical direction of a program consisting of seven services aimed at providing adult education and work experience options for those in jobs under strategic threat. Seyed was also a founding member of the consulting team at GDS tasked with supporting departments lacking technical architecture capacity.