Integration vs Interoperability
·4 mins
Do we really need to centralise everything before we can use our data?
Data Contracts
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5 data contract implementations in the wild
·5 mins
Data contracts in the wild
Reducing the difficulty of being a data owner
·3 mins
Ease the life of a data owner through automation.
Pushing on open doors
·3 mins
Look for the best opportunities to get started.
The iPhone model for integrated platforms
To create an integrated experience we need to change how we build platforms.
Control vs Consequences
·3 mins
Taking control makes you a bottleneck. Are the consequences worth the cost?
Keeping data contracts simple
·3 mins
Add more capabilities to your data contracts while keeping them simple for your users.
Source-aligned data products, or output ports on the source?
Do source-aligned data products solve the problem, or do we instead need a more suitable output port on the source system.
Why data contracts?
·2 mins
To do more with data, to be more effective, and to have more control, we need data contracts.
Implementing Data Contracts course now live!
·3 mins
Looking to implement data contracts in your organisation, but don’t know where to start? This course is for you.
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