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100x yes. Questions to be made on data are always an afterthought, after the systems to gather and produce this data have already been designed. The idea that
by hcarvalhoalves 7y ago
100x yes.
Questions to be made on data are always an afterthought, after the systems to gather and produce this data have already been designed.
The idea that it’s ok to just give a BI tool to business people later, and not involve them at the beginning to inform the system and data model design, is maybe why we’re in the tar pit.
A really excellent process/tool would help business figure out what kind of questions they need answered, and work backwards to the data model and implementation.
- koreth1 7y agoSometimes it's not for lack of trying, though. I've done a decent amount of data model design in my career and as I got more experienced, I learned to make a point of asking the business people what specific questions they'd need the data to answer. Very often I got only very vague answers that were of little to no use in informing my design. I've seen this repeatedly at a variety of companies over the years. The business people are often winging it as much as the engineers are.