Without set expectations users tend to be optimistic
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In the absence of set expectations users tend to be overly optimistic about the quality, reliability or dependability of the data.
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2024
Showing the impact of poor quality data
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The reason we talk so much about data quality is because we see the impact of it every day.
Applying the discipline of product management to data
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I had a couple of nice responses and follow-up discussion to yesterdays post on applying product thinking to data, one of which asked if we should be applying the discipline of product management (people, processes, etc) to data products.
Applying product thinking to data
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I quite liked this article by Francie Kastl on the 6 Reasons Why Applying Product Thinking to Data Makes Sense.
Does data contracts require support from the top?
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It can be tempting to view data contracts as a large program that requires support from the top of the organisation to be successful.
Being boring
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An article that has stayed with me since it was published back in 2015 is Dan McKinley’s Choose Boring Technology.
The contract-based data platform at MatHem
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Robert Sahlin wrote a nice post on the data platform at MatHem, a Swedish retailer.
The further away from the source the data is, the lower the quality will be
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The further away from the source the data is, the lower the quality will be.
Self serve doesn't stop at providing data
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You can’t do self-serve just by providing datasets that you understand, but your users don’t.
Data contracts vs schemas
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On the panel with STRM yesterday Avi asked the question: