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Self-Service Data’s New Frontier: The Data Catalog

Alation

It was down to Qlik, Microsoft, Microstrategy, and Tableau to represent and discover the complexities of the College Scorecard Data from the U.S. Of course inspiration for data-driven decisions can come in many forms. If big data ROI is what you find inspiring, Kristie Allen’s presentation on Wednesday did the trick.

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Fact-based Decision-making

Peter James Thomas

This is why performance management is a very complex discipline, not just the implementation of dashboard or scorecard technology. Regular facts are subject to data quality issues, or manipulation by creative humans. Ideas for avoiding Big Data failures and for dealing with them if they happen (2017).

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