Andrew Sharp

Thinking of doing Data Mesh? – Start with Data Products

Data mesh has been the number one topic of conversation among the data crowd over the past few years. From the CDO Exchange to Big Data London, which even had a stage dedicated to the subject! The four principles of data mesh have been debated, dissected, and diagnosed at length via books, blogs, conferences, and…

Data Mesh – Is this the evolutionary trigger to reinvigorate Data Governance?

Just over a month on from the crowds and excitement at Big Data London (BDL).  One of the key themes, which even had its own theatre was Data Mesh, and most of the two days were spent debating Data Mesh’s merits. While the first and second Data Mesh principles of “Data as a Product” and…

Where to start with data governance tooling?

Good Data Governance is becoming an essential component for organisational growth and resilience in an increasingly data-driven world. The challenge for Data Governance practitioners is how to support their organisation along the journey to high data maturity and effective governance. To help with this journey, Data Governance tools are often considered, but with a multitude…

What happens when your employees think they are doing better with Data Governance than they actually are 

The classic start point in understanding your Data Governance need in an organisation is to assess your data maturity. Once you have chosen which data maturity assessment to use, this assessment will tell you where you are doing well and not so well.  Then as the theory goes, it will allow you to work out…

Is Starburst The Analytics Engine for Data Mesh?

At Oakland, we’re proudly tech agnostic. What does that actually mean? We can work with whatever tech our clients already have or have set their sights on using. That doesn’t mean we can’t review or recommend tech solutions, but we don’t receive any incentives to push one solution over another. We like it that way…

How does traditional Data Governance get ready for Data Mesh? 

Much has been written on the technical changes arising from more and more Data Mesh deployments as organisations seek to achieve a step-change in collecting, organizing, and utilising their data assets. But far less has been written about the non-technical changes that will be needed to achieve such a change in general and Data Governance…

Is Data Mesh a potential Data Mess?

Since we re-emerged from lockdown, the Data & Analytics industry has seen a massive boost and investment in data as businesses escalate and turbocharge their data agendas on a technical and non-technical basis to ensure they have the best digital presence.  Throw in the emergence of Data Mesh as a potentially new and better way of organising, processing, and delivering data to organisations and you have all the potential ingredients for a perfect data storm.    Over the last few weeks,…

The five signs your Data Governance activities are working

Wondering how to kick start your Data Governance programme? You’re in luck then; there are an overwhelming number of books and articles on how to do exactly that. These include the classics from Rob Steiner on Non-Invasive Data Governance https://amzn.to/3q6BPCX and the thought-provoking John Ladley with the concisely titled book Data Governance https://amzn.to/3q6o3QV. The Oakland…

Modernising and Monetising your Data Governance

Covid 19 has forced many companies to rapidly accelerate their data and digital transformations. And with this rapid modernisation of systems and processes, the importance of having a robust Data Governance framework has also grown exponentially. Which specific Data Governance tasks vary from company to company depending on their size, their nature, and the level of data maturity they already possess.  So, data ownership remains a critical challenge for some, whereas it…

Is Data Mesh a potential Data Mess?

Since we re-emerged from lockdown, the Data & Analytics industry has seen a massive boost and investment in data as businesses escalate and turbocharge their data agendas on a technical and non-technical basis to ensure they have the best digital presence.  Throw in the emergence of Data Mesh as a potentially new and better way of organising, processing, and delivering data to organisations and you have all the potential ingredients for a perfect data storm.    Over the last few weeks,…