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Bridging Data and Product Management Practises and Patterns with Juha Korpela

Join Shane Gibson as he chats with Juha Korpela on how to adopt patterns and practises from Product Management and apply them to the data domain.

Data as a First-Class Citizen: Empowering Data Magicians
Data as a First-Class Citizen: Empowering Data Magicians

Data as a first-class citizen recognizes the value and importance of data in decision-making. It empowers data magicians by integrating data into the decision-making process, ensuring accessibility and availability, prioritising data quality and governance, and fostering a data-centric mindset.

The patterns of Data Vault with Hans Hultgren
The patterns of Data Vault with Hans Hultgren

In a compelling episode of the Agile Data Podcast, Shane Gibson invites Hans Hultgren to explore the intricacies of Data Vault modeling. Hans, with a substantial background in IT and data warehousing, brings his expertise to the table, discussing the evolution and benefits of Data Vault modeling in today’s complex data landscapes. Shane and Hans navigate through the foundations of Data Vault, including its core components like hubs, satellites, and links, and delve into more advanced concepts like Same-As Links (SALs) and Hierarchical Links (Hals). They highlight how Data Vault enables flexibility, agility, and incremental development in data modeling, ensuring scalability and adaptability to change.

To whitelabel or not to whitelabel
To whitelabel or not to whitelabel

Are you wrestling with the concept of whitelabelling your product? We at AgileData have been there. We discuss our journey through the decision-making process, where we grappled with the thought of our painstakingly crafted product being rebranded by another company.

Modern Product Management with Pawel Huryn

Join Murray Robinson and Shane Gibson as they chat with Pawel Huryn about product management. What it is, and isn’t? How to motivate teams and what makes a product succeed. We discuss the difference between product management, which focuses on discovery and project management, which focuses on delivery. And how to do both at the same time in one empowered product team. We talk about how you can become a product manager and the best product management tools to use. Join us as we uncover valuable insights to help you succeed in this critical role.

Data Consulting Patterns with Joe Reis
Data Consulting Patterns with Joe Reis

Dive into the world of data consulting with Shane Gibson and Joe Reis on the Agile Data Podcast. Explore their journey from traditional employment to successful data consulting, covering client acquisition, business models, financial management, reputation, sales strategies, employee management, and work-life balance.

The Enchanting World of Data Modeling: Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Spells Unraveled
The Enchanting World of Data Modeling: Conceptual, Logical, and Physical Spells Unraveled

Data modeling is a crucial process that involves creating shared understanding of data and its relationships. The three primary data model patterns are conceptual, logical, and physical. The conceptual data model provides a high-level overview of the data landscape, the logical data model delves deeper into data structures and relationships, and the physical data model translates the logical model into a database-specific schema. Understanding and effectively using these data models is essential for business analysts and data analysts, create efficient, well-organised data ecosystems.

Cloud Analytics Databases: The Magical Realm for Data
Cloud Analytics Databases: The Magical Realm for Data

Cloud Analytics Databases provide flexible, high-performance, cost-effective, and secure solution for storing and analysing large amounts of data. These databases promote collaboration and offer various choices, such as Snowflake, Google BigQuery, Amazon Redshift, and Azure Synapse Analytics, each with its unique features and ecosystem integrations.

Unveiling the Definition of Data Warehouses: Looking into Bill Inmon’s Magicians Top Hat
Unveiling the Definition of Data Warehouses: Looking into Bill Inmon’s Magicians Top Hat

In a nutshell, a data warehouse, as defined by Bill Inmon, is a subject-oriented, integrated, time-variant, and non-volatile collection of data that supports decision-making processes. It helps data magicians, like business and data analysts, make better-informed decisions, save time, enhance collaboration, and improve business intelligence. To choose the right data warehouse technology, consider your data needs, budget, compatibility with existing tools, scalability, and real-world user experiences.

Martech – The Technologies Behind the Marketing Analytics Stack: A Guide for Data Magicians
Martech – The Technologies Behind the Marketing Analytics Stack: A Guide for Data Magicians

Explore the MarTech stack based on two different patterns: marketing application and data platform. The marketing application pattern focuses on tools for content management, email marketing, CRM, social media, and more, while the data platform pattern emphasises data collection, integration, storage, analytics, and advanced technologies. By understanding both perspectives, you can build a comprehensive martech stack that efficiently integrates marketing efforts and harnesses the power of data to drive better results.

Unveiling the Magic of Data Clean Rooms: Your Data Privacy Magicians
Unveiling the Magic of Data Clean Rooms: Your Data Privacy Magicians

Data clean rooms are secure environments that enable organisations to process, analyse, and share sensitive data while maintaining privacy and security. They use data anonymization, access control, data usage policies, security measures, and auditing to ensure compliance with privacy regulations, making them indispensable for industries like healthcare, finance, and marketing.

Data Lineage Patterns with Tomas Kratky

In this episode of the AgileData Podcast, Shane Gibson has an insightful discussion with Tomas Kratky on the evolution and importance of data lineage, especially in large enterprises. Tomas Kratky, a traditional software engineer turned data enthusiast, shared his journey to founding Manta, a company focused on data lineage. The conversation highlighted the significance of data lineage, not just as an end in itself, but as a powerful tool for unlocking potential in large enterprises, enhancing visibility, and fostering agility.