Here’s the problem: Tactical approaches are the ones that will give you quick wins and win over your customer more often than not. That’s what they actually want. They’re short term and short-lived. Strategy on the other hand is an … Read more
Why is it that people think that using the Data Vault model is good enough? You won’t gain much benefit from the model without the methodology anyway. That was the secret sauce behind even successes in 1.0. However, 1.0 has … Read more
So, recently I was wondering how much can a horse carry. The recommendation is to not to load a horse by more than 20% of their body weight. So, on average a horse is around 1200 pounds and the limit … Read more
Let’s talk about a fairly complex business here where you are tasked with building some analytics. Your client is none other than … Santa Claus! Yes … Really! He runs a fairly complex operation and it’s not going to be that … Read more
I’ve been asked many times over the years, what is the best way to model Key-Value pairs in the Raw Data Vault? In this entry, I will answer that question with my suggestions. Remember: there are always at least 3 … Read more
As I had suggested earlier, I wanted to talk about price v/s value. This is a simple but extremely important topic that gets ignored in other more sexy sounding terms like ROI, but there’s so much that can be written … Read more
For some reason, I have a very keen interest in farming and farm practices (even though, I’ve never really owned a farm or even worked on one). My country of birth is essentially an agri-economy and the world’s second largest … Read more
I blogged about end dates here sometime back: End Dates Are Dead Since then, I’ve received hundreds of emails, tons of comments, and a lot of questions about why, how to work without them, and what does this do to … Read more
I came across this really interesting story, and had to share it with you: T’was a fine crisp winter day, up north where the lakes freeze and many people come and enjoy a relaxing day of ice fishing. One elderly … Read more
Yes, It’s no more! … It has ceased to be! … It has expired and gone to meet it’s maker! … It’s … a … stiff! And so on and so forth. Well, this isn’t the first time I’ve heard … Read more