A robust data Infrastructure

Data Fluency

Konstantinos Kattidis

Data Analytics Lead

Ecosystem enabling data products

• Data infrastructure enables the creation and sharing of data products
• They are the resulting products from data processing, modeling, or analysis that are made available to users

The meaning of data infrastructure

• Data infrastructure refers to the hardware, software, databases, standards, and policies
• It ensures data is available, reliable, and secure
• Imagine data as water, and data infrastructure as the pipes and reservoirs that store and transport this water

Implementing a data strategy

• Data-fluent organizations have a clear data strategy in place
• This makes sure data is collected and made available to users across the organization in the best way possible
• It ensures:
  • A single source of truth
  • Data is discoverable, compliant, actionable, and understood

Enabling a single source of truth

• A data-fluent organization ensures a single source of truth by creating one central place where all important data is stored, organized, and managed
• For example, a centralized data warehouse

Data standards and governance

• To ensure data is reliable, consistent, and accessible data-fluent organizations focus on setting the right standards and governance
• Data standards provide the specific guidelines and formats that data should adhere to
• Data governance is responsible for overseeing and enforcing the rules and policies related to data

Enabling discoverability

• Data discovery tools help users to effortlessly identify the data products they need
• Users can read about the meaning of the datasets, the meaning of each column, and the source of data, learn who owns the data product
• It helps understanding the data before using it

Operationalization of data products

• An important element of a strong data infrastructure is enabling a clear path to operationalization
• It is about turning an idea or a model into something practical that the organization can use every day
• Making sure the data experts can deploy their data products and make them available to users

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Data Fluency