Metric Trees, Context Graphs and Decision Traces
Looking a bit beyond the smart-sounding buzzwords
Sorry, Metric Cubes are Alive, Well and Important
Making the case that the concept of cubes is alive, well and more important than ever.
Intelligent Decision-Making at Scale is the New Constraint
Exploring how constraints are shifting within data platforms as we make progress
In Defense of Kimball-style Metric Cubes
Arguing that metric cubes help with performant data products and UX
The Next Evolution of Data Platforms
Examining the evolution of data platforms from producer to consumer
Metric Trees as an Evolution of Kimball's Modeling
Exploring metric trees as the next modeling layer, as intuitive as Kimball's
The Ideal Generational Evolution in BI Tools
The much needed evolution in BI/Analytics tools
The Fragmentation of Data Assets
Exploring why data fragmentation feels natural and how to arrest it
Metrics Catalog vs Metric Layers vs Metric Trees
The key differences between metric catalogs, layers and trees
BI Tools as Interfaces for Exports?
Why BI tools are becoming UIs for exporting datasets
Data as a "Digital Twin" of the Business
How metric trees can map a digital twin of the business process
Software vs Analytics Development Lifecycle
Examining the differences between software and analytics development
Next Frontier in Data Modeling
Modeling metrics in the next frontier to streamline data consumption
Advancing Data Consumption vs Production
Exploiting the recent advances in data production to drive consumption
Can Analytics Work Be Assembly-Lined?
Examining analytics workflows as an assembly line process
Metric Trees By Any Other Name?
A short post on inter-related concepts to metric trees
Jevon's Paradox in Data
Examining Jevon's Paradox in the data domain, and how to resolve moving forward.
Metrics/Semantic Layers - To Be or Not To Be?
Looking at true organizational needs for a metrics layer solution
The Four Levels of Business Reviews
Examining the 4 "levels" at which business reviews are executed
Finance Teams were the Original Data Pioneers
Exploring how to further empower the OG data folks, the finance team.
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Benefits of Metrics and Semantic Layers
Metrics or semantic layers can do much more than metrics governance.
Analytics: from Service to Product Mindset
Data-as-a-Product mindset can transform the analytics function
The Increasingly Limited Role of Dashboards
Examining how dashboards only address one of many data needs.
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Kimball's Modeling Approach: A Few Drawbacks
Investigating a few drawbacks to Kimball's modeling approach
