Strategy | Thomas Nys | The Fractional Data Architect

When You Actually Need a Modern Data Stack

When You Actually Need a Modern Data Stack

What Is Data Strategy for a 50-Person Company?

What Is Data Strategy for a 50-Person Company?

Reorganization costs for data teams - why 77% of reorgs fail objectives

The Destabilizing Effect of Constant Org Chart Shuffle

Strategy debt in data teams - roadmaps without direction become task lists

Strategy Debt: When Your Roadmap Has No North Star

Architecture vs velocity - why faster delivery cannot fix poor foundations

You cannot outrun poor architecture by accelerating delivery

Buy vs build strategic analysis - control, cost, and vendor risk tradeoffs

Buy vs Build isn't an IT decision.

Big bang migration risks - why phased modernization beats full replacement

Big bang modernization creates new debt faster than it clear

Data strategy execution - why slide deck visions fail real-world constraints

Slideware isn't strategy.

AI foundation requirements - poor architecture blocks AI success at scale

AI doesn't kill architecture. Bad architecture kills AI