The Rope Bridge

You look out across the gapping chasm in front of you.

The only way across is a rope bridge.

On close inspection, you see evidence of weakness. Fraying ropes. Cracked and sagging footboards.

You glance around at the people adventuring with you deciding what to do next.

What’s the best-case scenario?

No one walks across that bridge.

The potential for plunging into a rocky canyon below is too high.

You look at your data pipelines and the resulting dashboard.

On close inspection, you see evidence of inaccuracies. This metric appears to be missing data. This column looks like the wrong data type.

You glance around at the business teams and executives who rely on this data.

What’s the best case scenario for your business when you have data quality issues?

No one walks across that bridge.

No one touches that dashboard.

The potential for making a key business decision based on faulty data is too high.

The potential for leadership to lose trust in the data is too costly.

It was good to see you today,

Sawyer