Daily data contracts tips

Jesse Anderson ran a survey which had some interesting results. One of the key takeaways that stood out to me is this:

One of the benefits of data contracts is the amount of automation they unlock.

This could include platform capabilities such as:

Software engineers invest significantly to prevent bugs being deployed to production environments using techniques and tools such as:

When starting your data contracts implementation, plan for scale, but start small.

Build what you need to deliver value quickly, and only what you need.

When you remove data engineering as a bottleneck:

• You have more data available
• You have more data being used
• You have more value being realised through data

It also benefits those generating and consuming data, who can now:

The next two instalments of my data contracts workshop, in partnership with ​Soda​, have been announced. They are:

The quality of a decision increases directly proportional to the degree to which the person is responsible.

I wrote yesterday how using data contracts allows you to:

• Create a stable interface for the data, much like an API
• Automate the running and reporting of data quality checks
• Improve communication between those that create data and those that consume it

But doing that with data contracts isn’t just about building some tools. It requires a change in mindset.

Data contracts are a simple idea. You simply describe your data in a structured format.

How many times has your data team gone from centralised, to decentralised, and back to centralised again?