“Hope for the future" - Section 14 of 14: THE DATA ARCHITECTURE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT (free excerpts)

This is the fourteenth part of the chapter titled “The Data Architecture Construction Project”, from the book “The Data Garden And Other Data Allegories”.

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Hope for the future

After the meeting has finished, your Head Builder finds you back in the meeting room, leaning back in your chair and gazing out of one of the windows at the Data Insights Town skyline. The sun is setting behind one of the tall buildings in the distance and the sky is awash with hues of red, yellow and orange.

His presence stirs you from your reverie and you look at him with a smile. “How do you think my first day went?”

“Could’ve been worse,” comes the response, with a chuckle. 

You laugh in return. “That sounded enthusiastic!”

Your new deputy comes and sits next to you. He speaks slowly and with meaning. “I’ll be honest, Boss. Things haven’t been great around here for a long time. I think you can see that from what you’ve heard today. But you can also see how much everyone here cares about this town. We’re all here to make things better. That’s why we came here in the first place. We’ve had lots of people come here with their big ideas and mess things up, but today you showed that you could listen and you want the best for us. That means a lot, and if you really do mean what you say, and really do follow through on it, then all I can say is that I’ll do everything I can to help.”

What a long way you’ve come, in just one day. You look at your new companion seriously when you reply. “I meant every word of it. I can see we’ve got some great people here and I’m looking forward to working with you to deliver some great things.”

Nothing more needs to be said. The journey has begun. Together, you’re going to transform Data Insights Town for the better.

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Lesson 4:

Data Architecture is like delivering a large infrastructure building project. Connecting good design theory to practical delivery, and coordinating the efforts of multiple delivery and maintenance teams, can make the difference between a costly mess and amazing success.

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