Data Architecture & Strategy
105 posts filed under Data Architecture & Strategy.
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.
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 …
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