The first annual workshop on methodologies and tools to improve big data projects will be held in conjunction with IEEE Big Data 2015, to be held in Santa Clara, CA, USA on Oct 29 – Nov 1, 2015. In this workshop, we will explore methodologies, processes, frameworks and tools to support data teams - that have been or need to be developed to help support Big Data projects. Specifically, this workshop will focus on how we can best support effective communication, collaboration and the overall execution by a Big Data team. The workshop will provide a venue to explore new ideas in possible methodologies as well case studies that describe examples of what has, or has not, worked within different Big Data teams. To enable a cross pollination of ideas, the workshop welcomes both academic researchers and industry experts to attend.