5 Reasons Why Business Data Science Projects Fail

Courtlin Holt-Nguyen
Accelerated Analyst
7 min readMar 14, 2023

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Group of people standing around a burning data analytics project
Another Analytics Project Up in Smoke

Do you ever wonder why data science projects often fail to deliver the expected business value? Most organizations are aware of the potential of data science but find it difficult to get meaningful results from their projects. In this blog post, we’ll explore why so many data science projects fail and what can be done to ensure success.

Introduction

Data science projects can be a great way for organizations to gain more business value, however, many of these projects fail to deliver the desired results. According to a study from Venture Beat, 87% of data science projects never make it to production. The high failure rate can be attributed to an infatuation with data science solutions, as well as a number of common obstacles that prevent organizations from achieving the desired business value. In this blog post, we will discuss these five common obstacles, as well as what organizations can do to overcome them and maximize their return on investment.

TL;DR

It is understandable why organizations become infatuated with data science solutions. After all, data science enables businesses to utilize powerful algorithms and analytics to gain insights and make decisions. However, this infatuation can lead to the failure of projects that don’t provide business value. To ensure…

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Courtlin Holt-Nguyen
Accelerated Analyst

Former Head of Enterprise Analytics. I share practical data science tutorials with working code. Data scientist | data strategist | consultant.