Data Architecture & Strategy
89 posts filed under Data Architecture & Strategy.
Wardley Mapping Your Data Stack (Build, Buy, or Outsource?)
Your custom Airflow setup is not a competitive advantage. Your customer analytics model might be.
Read →The Incremental Migration Strategy (Strangler Fig Pattern)
You don't migrate a data platform in one go. You grow the new one around the old one.
Read →Data Observability + Data Catalog: The Convergence
Your data team switches between four tools during an incident. That's about to change.
Read →The Data Contract That Saved a Product Launch
The data contract didn't save the launch. It saved the three days of firefighting that would have followed.
Read →Data Lineage: From 'Nice to Have' to 'Must Have
Without data lineage, every schema change is a game of "what did we just break."
Read →The Data Product Roadmap Template (3 Horizons)
Your data roadmap is a wishlist - here's the 3-horizon framework that turns it into strategy.
Read →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.
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