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Knowledge Graphs with Juan Sequeda
Dive deep into the world of knowledge graphs with Juan Sequeda on the Agile Data Podcast, hosted by Shane Gibson. Explore key insights from Juan’s journey in computer science, his pivotal role in semantic web development, and the transformative power of knowledge graphs in data integration. Discover how these technologies are reshaping the landscape of data management and the exciting future prospects with the advent of Large Language Models (LLMs). Tune in to understand the practical applications, challenges, and the future of knowledge graphs in enterprise data strategy.
Data Storytelling with Kat Greenbrook
Explore the Art of Data Storytelling with Kat Greenbrook on the Agile Data Podcast. Dive into Kat’s transformative journey from aspiring vet to a data storytelling expert, and discover the power of the ABT (And, But, Therefore) narrative framework in conveying compelling data insights. Uncover common pitfalls and learn crucial differences between data visualization and storytelling. Enhance your business communication skills with practical tips and insights from ‘The Data Storyteller’s Handbook.’ Perfect for professionals in data analytics, business intelligence, and anyone keen to master the art of turning data into impactful stories.
Mobius loop with Gabrielle Benefield
In this episode, we talked with with Gabrielle Benefield, the inventor of the Mobius loop, an outcome focused product development framework. Gabrielle shares her journey in agile product development from Silicon valley to Yahoo. And the importance of focusing on outcomes of outputs and improving decision speed. We discuss why organisations don’t focus on outcomes, the problem with contracts and scaling an outcome based approach. And finally, we talk about how you can use an experimental approach to bring an outcome driven, focus to your organisation.
Demystifying CDP’s vs. Data Warehouse’s
In this article we describe the concepts of Customer Data Platforms (CDP) versus Data Warehouses.
The magic of DocOps
TD:LR Patterns like DocOps provide massive value by increasing collaboration across team members and automating manual tasks. But it still requires a high level of technical skills to work in a DocOps way. For the AgileData App and Platform, we want to delvier those...
Iterations create milestone dates, milestone dates force trade off decisions to be made
Data teams struggle to not “boil the ocean” when doing data work.
Use milestones as a pattern to help the data team to focus on what really needs to be built and manage the trade-off decisions for what doesn’t.
Sprint Goals with Maarten Dalmijn
In this episode, Murray Robinson chats with Maarten Dalmijn about Sprint Goals. We discuss how sprint goals should act as a primary mission for a sprint, around which everyone’s tasks should revolve, rather than focusing on individual deliverables. We talk about challenges to implementing this approach, the importance of measuring outcomes over output, and the need for competency and trust in the team. This conversation highlights the importance open dialogue with stakeholders, and the necessity of adaptability in the face of uncertainty.
Your data team are mercenaries, define your ways of working based on this
Modern data teams are transient, often staying less than 5 years, unlike past decades of long-term loyalty.
Companies should adapt by defining robust Ways of Working (WoW) that endure beyond individual tenures.
Balancing in-house teams with reliable data vendors for continuity and efficiency may also be a useful pattern as part of your WoW.
I’m getting pedantic about semantics
TD:LR Having a shared language is important to help a data team create their shared ways of working. When we talk about self-service, we should always highlight which self-service pattern we are talking about.I'm getting pedantic about semantics. In the Data Domain we...
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What problem(s) does AgileData solve?
This should be an easy one for me to answer right? Understand the customers problem first We get told in startup land that you need to understand the customers problem in-depth, before you start building your product....
Flying the airplane while building it – Jan Sheppard
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Jan Sheppard about the experience of building a new agile way of working while still ensuring you are delivering data and analytical value to your stakeholders.
Why we chose Google Cloud as the infrastructure platform for AgileData
Pick a few things that really matter, not thousands of “requirements” We when first started developing the core of the AgileData backend for the MVP, we knew we would need a cloud database to store...
Why we founded AgileData
My co-founder Nigel and I have been working in the data and analytics domain for over 30 years (well I have, he is slightly younger). We have both held multiple roles through these years, Nigel primarily in the...
Leading agile data at scale – Chris La Grange
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Chris La Grange about leading agile data teams in large organisations.
A DataOps and Data Science Journey
Join Shane as he chats to Hamish and Liam in a pub in the middle of the North Island about their journey to adopting a way of working that combines DataOps with Data Science.
Maturing product owner capability
Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on maturing the product owner capability.
Prototype to Production – Gerhard DeBeer
Join Shane and Blair as they chat with Gerhard DeBeer on moving prototypes to production in an agile way.
Innovation iteration
Join Shane and Blair as they chat amongst themselves on their experience running innovation iterations.
The art of Business Agility – Andy Cooper
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Andy Cooper on his experience working with senior executives to help them introduce Business Agility to their organisations.Guests Andy CooperBlair TemperoShane GibsonResources...
Tips for a New Scrum Master – Blair Tempero
Join Shane and Blair as they chat about tips for up skilling a new scrum masterGuests Blair TemperoShane GibsonResources Subscribe | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | Amazon Audible | TuneIn |...
The art of data story telling – Kat Greenbrook
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Kat Greenbrook on her experience doing and training teams on Data Story telling.
The Life of a Awesome Product Owner – Hiria Te Rangi
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Hiria Te Rangi on her experience of being and coaching awesome product owners.Guests Hiria Te RangiBlair TemperoShane GibsonResources Find out more about Hiria's social enterprise...
Adopting the AgileData Way of Working – Sam Sewell
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Sam Sewell on his experience adopting the AgileData way of working as part of building a new agile team.
Thoughts of a new Scrum Master – Juan Dione
Join Shane and Blair as they chat to Juan Dione on his experience as a new scrum masterGuests Juan Dione Blair Tempero Shane GibsonResources Subscribe | Apple Podcast | Spotify | Google Podcast | Amazon Audible...
Google BigQuery – Online Training resources
As part of our journey to exploring the use of the Google Cloud Platform (GCP) as the core of our infrastructure for AgileData.io we have had to start unlearning a lot of our AWS and Microsoft Azure knowledge and...
Its 2019 – Isn’t the Data Warehouse dead?
With the advent of self-service data discovery tools and big data platforms, the bold announcements of "the data warehouse is dead" started to ring out around the world. So why, you would ask, are we building a new...