Not Just Data is an easy-to-read management novel that describes the story of a team building and then evolving a continuous enterprise data pipeline. What is a continuous enterprise data pipeline, you ask? Let’s work toward a definition: Continuous enterprise data is up-to-date enterprise data that is available on an as-needed, when-needed basis, reflecting the changing needs of data consumers.…
This is my review of Shane Gibson‘s book, An Agile Data Guide to Information Product Canvas, published in May 2025. In short, this book is a valuable addition to any data practitioner’s bookshelf because it provides easy-to-consume advice about a valuable data requirements technique. Interestingly, this book offers several interesting dichotomies: Due to its focus on an artifact (information product…
A fundamental assumption with data-driven decision making is that your decision makers are capable of doing so. That’s a huge assumption.