Rethinking the Analytics Maturity Model
How engineering discipline, governance, and operationalization redefine analytics maturity The analytics maturity model functioned pretty much as the industry’s standard 10 or 15 years ago. Gartner recommended it. Consultants monetized […]
Why Power BI Governance Breaks Down in Generic DevOps Platforms
After adopting Power BI, most organizations soon recognize the need for oversight of their analytics environment. They don’t set out to build a DevOps platform for Power BI. They set […]
Azure DevOps vs Soterre for Power BI
Overview / Summary Soterre and Azure DevOps represent two fundamentally different approaches to managing Power BI deployments and governance. Soterre is a purpose-built analytics governance and version control platform designed […]
The #1 Qlik Productivity Killer: Unplanned Work
For many Qlik developers, the real challenge isn’t building load processes and great visualizations; it’s the unplanned work that sneaks into the day. A failed reload that needs urgent fixing, […]
Why Your Power BI Tenant Settings Deserve More Attention
As Microsoft continuously enriches Power BI with powerful tenant settings to enhance governance and flexibility, these new capabilities can introduce significant risks if left unmonitored—requiring proactive, versioned oversight to ensure […]
How to Go Beyond Git or Azure DevOps for Power BI (And Why You Should)
Many Power BI professionals search for answers to a familiar question: “How do I set up Git or Azure DevOps for Power BI reports?” This question arises from the increasing […]
The Hawk Tuah Bitcoin
Error! You’re right. Does not compute. Hawk Tuah does not belong in the same sentence with Bitcoin. Hailey Welch was an overnight internet sensation because of a sassy bar-hopping response […]
How to Master the Art of Storytelling in Analytics
Did you hear the one about the moth? A moth goes to a podiatrist, and the podiatrist asks, “What brings you in today?” It’s a joke kindergarteners tell each other, […]
Important Lessons in Risk Management from a BASE Jumper
Jeb Corliss is arguably one of the world’s best BASE jumpers still alive. I recently read his autobiography, Memoirs from the Edge, which discusses his philosophy and many of his […]
Why Data Products Cannot Succeed Without Lessons from Marketing
In a small city in the Northeast, Dye-or-Die, Inc., a shampoo manufacturer, prided itself on its elaborate production methods. However, their intense focus on how they made shampoo left them […]
