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Data development projects, especially those involving multiple developers, languages, and platforms, can quickly become overwhelming without proper organization and consistency. One solution to this challenge is to implement a style guide.

You can have a positive outcome when saying No to a request. Having the ability to say no, but provide options to find an answer is called a "Productive No." In this article, we'll explore the benefits of saying no and share practical tips for saying a Productive No to unlock solutions.

What you measure is what you get. Senior executives understand that their organization’s measurement system strongly affects the behavior of managers and employees. Executives also understand that traditional financial accounting measures like return-on-investment and earnings-per-share can give misleading signals for continuous improvement and innovation—activities today’s competitive environment demands. The traditional financial performance measures worked well […]

This blog explores the 4 steps that can genuinely help your organization build an actionable analytics strategy roadmap. Read today!

We believe DataOps is the function within an organization that controls the data journey from source to value. DataOps is critical to any growing business working with any type of data.

When you compare DataOps vs. DevOps, you’ll find there are similarities. But there is a fundamental difference between them as well.

DataOps takes a page from the Agile approach to design, implement and maintain a distributed data architecture and derive trusted business outcomes.

Why the 'supply chain of data' has reached it's terminal endpoint, a history of how we got here, and a glimpse at what comes next.

Companies need to rethink how they’re investing in data, analytics, and AI — and whether these investments are creating real business value.

Bayer is a life science company and a global leader in healthcare and nutrition—and the organization’s work became even more critical during the COVID-19 pandemic. To keep its employees safe and business production on track, the Bayer crisis management team needed access to critical COVID information for the ASEAN country group. Using datamart in Power BI, the organization built a dashboard that delivers insights in real time, enabling better decision making and enhancing cross-team collaboration for future crisis management needs.

Data literacy is an in-demand skill for many workers and a stepping stone to becoming a data-driven organization. Here’s how to get started.

My post on which languages to learn as a Power BI developer resonated with many people so I thought I'd take a step back and write about how to navigate the various facets of the business intelligence job market. Where language selection is effectively a tactical tool choice, in this entry we'll focus on the

I need better equipment… I tell myself while trying to jog off the extra pounds I gained in 2020. The earphones I am wearing slowly loosen from my ears with each step and I can feel each contour of the blacktop with my worn-out sneakers. I manage to finagle the earphones just right to listen to a new podcast Building the Backend by Travis Lawrence. He is interviewing Chris Bergh from Data Kitchen and a principal author of DataOps. I had heard the term before, DataOps, and read the manifesto, read the DataOps Cookbook, and I had researched how DataOps is the fusion of DevOps, Agile, and Lean Manufacturing. The stories Chris and his colleagues share about clients calling about bad data in reports, ETL pipelines failing in production, and clients who thought new features could be delivered quicker were all experiences I could relate with. I had been a convert for a little over a year and wanted to hear more.

Performance tuning is usually a complex and iterative process. This article provides an insight on the most common scenarios and how to leverage various concepts and techniques to optimize the performance of Power BI solutions

My post on which languages to learn as a Power BI developer resonated with many people so I thought I'd take a step back and write about how to navigate the various facets of the business intelligence job market. Where language selection is effectively a tactical tool choice, in this entry we'll focus on the

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