Key metrics in a data lake
Now more than ever, digital transformation projects have tight deadlines and are forced to continue doing more with fewer resources. It is vital to demonstrate added value and results quickly. As we will see in later chapters, AWS offers many services to assist in creating an enterprise data lake. However, the tooling needed to measure the success of enterprise data lake implementations is still somewhat lacking.
A successful data lake implementation can serve a corporation well for years. A key to this success and longevity is being able to communicate whether the implementation is adding value or not effectively. However, most metrics for an enterprise data lake are not binary and are more granular than just saying that a project is green or red.
Metrics to gauge the success of your data lake
A list of metrics that can be used to gauge the success of your data lake follows. It is not meant to be a comprehensive list but rather a starting point...