Will Larson (writer of “An Elegant Puzzle” – recommended read) may have said it best when he wrote that one of the best kinds of reorganization is the one you don’t do. 

However, data leaders inevitably reach a point where, due to team growth or evolving business demands, things just don’t work. Faced with these challenges, data organizations may swing back-and-forth between centralized vs. decentralized organizational structures until they achieve the right balance.