>they had ample time to outline the scope, limitation and requirement before they even started collecting the data.
That would be great, but it's just not how data science works. You can't know the scope and limitations of a dataset that doesn't exist yet.
In general I agree that data science suffers heavily from the "when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail" effect. I see so many projects that attempt to use fancy models when they could be accomplished in an Excel spreadsheet in 15 minutes.
That would be great, but it's just not how data science works. You can't know the scope and limitations of a dataset that doesn't exist yet.
In general I agree that data science suffers heavily from the "when all you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail" effect. I see so many projects that attempt to use fancy models when they could be accomplished in an Excel spreadsheet in 15 minutes.