AdrianGraphics We Live By - Part IV: Area ChartsAn area chart or area graph (see A) is a graphical representation of quantitative data based on a line chart for which the areas between…May 22, 2024May 22, 2024
AdrianWhy Data Projects Fail to Deliver Real-Life Impact - Part III: Failure through the Looking GlassThere’s a huge volume of material available on project failure — resources that document why individual projects failed, while in general…Apr 8, 2024Apr 8, 2024
AdrianWhy Data Projects Fail to Deliver Real-Life Impact - Part I: First ThoughtsA data project has a set of assumptions and requirements that must be met, otherwise the project has a high chance of failing. It starts…Apr 6, 2024Apr 6, 2024
AdrianWhy Data Projects Fail to Deliver Real-Life Impact - Part II: There’s Value in FailureWhen the data is not available and is needed on a continuous basis then usually the solution is to redesign the processes and make sure the…Apr 6, 2024Apr 6, 2024
AdrianFrom Disintegration to IntegrationNo matter how tight the integration between the various systems or processes there will be always gaps that need to be addressed in one way…Mar 23, 2024Mar 23, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective VI: The Data CitizenMore than a century ago, Jerbert G Wells wrote on mathematical literacy: “[…] the time may not be very remote when it will be understood…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective V: From Process Management to Mental Models in Knowledge GapsAn organization’s business processes are probably one of its most important assets because they reflect the business model, philosophy and…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective IV: The Loom of InteractionsThe process of developing or creating a report is quite simple — there’s a demand for data, usually a business problem, the user (aka…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective III: More of a One-Man ShowProbably, in some organizations there are still recounted stories about a hero who knew so much about the business and was technically…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective I: Houston, we have a Problem!One of the critics addressed to the BI/Data Analytics, Data Engineering and even Data Science fields is their resistance to applying…Feb 18, 2024Feb 18, 2024
AdrianA Software Engineer’s Perspective II: Major Knowledge GapsSolving a problem requires a certain degree of knowledge in the areas affected by the problem, degree that varies exponentially with…Feb 22, 2024Feb 22, 2024
AdrianData Culture and Generative AI: No Silver BulletTalking about holy grails in Data Analytics, another topic of major importance for an organization’s “infrastructure” is data culture, that…Mar 5, 2024Mar 5, 2024
AdrianData Culture and Leadership: Necessary but not SufficientContinuing the idea from the previous post on Brent Dykes’ article on data culture and Generative AI [1], it’s worth discussing about the…Mar 6, 2024Mar 6, 2024
AdrianBook Review: Zhamak Dehghani’s Data Mesh: Delivering Data-Driven Value at Scale (2021)The book follows to some degree the advocative tone of promoting that “our shiny thing is much better than previous thing”, or “how bad the…Mar 15, 2024Mar 15, 2024
AdrianWhat is a BI Strategy?“A BI strategy is a plan to implement, use, and manage data and analytics to better enable your users to meet their business objectives. An…Mar 15, 2024Mar 15, 2024
AdrianData Products — Part I: A Lego ExerciseOne can define a data product as the smallest unit of data-based architecture that can be independently deployed and managed (aka product…Mar 18, 20241Mar 18, 20241