Data Architecture & Strategy
42 posts filed under Data Architecture & Strategy.
Build, Buy, or Partner? The Question Most Data Teams Answer Wrong
Your engineers want to build it, your CFO wants to buy it - here's the framework that settles it in 30 minutes.
Read →The 2x2 That Kills 80% of Data Initiative Debates
The 2x2 matrix isn't new - but most data teams still score "value" completely wrong.
Read →The Alerting Hierarchy (Critical, Warning, Info)
If every alert is critical, none of them are.
Read →The Real-Time Data Paradox - Everyone Wants It, Few Need It
90% of "we need real-time" conversations end with a batch job running at midnight.
Read →The Data Strategy One-Pager (What Execs Actually Need)
The best data strategy I've seen fit on a single page.
Read →What the Books Got Wrong About Data
The DevOps playbook assumes you can roll back - data doesn't work that way.
Read →The Data Contracts Rollout - From Chaos to 60% Coverage in 90 Days
Data contracts sound great in theory. Here's what it actually looks like to implement them - week by week, with the parts that almost …
Read →The Medallion Architecture Backlash
Bronze, Silver, Gold. Three layers that make sense on a slide and fall apart the moment someone asks "where does this transformation …
Read →The Tiered Storage Strategy (Hot, Warm, Cold)
Hot, warm, cold. Three tiers, one policy, and suddenly your storage bill makes sense.
Read →The Data Incident Response Playbook (MTTR Edition)
When your data breaks, how long until someone notices? If the answer is "when the CFO calls," you don't have an incident response process.
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