Mixing the pillars

We have frequently observed that organizations have implemented data and analytics in a variety of ways, most of which began with the idea “we need a tool” to create management information. In fact, static reports were created in the systems we’ve worked with all the time in the past. People were running around with static lists, trying to figure out when a file, product, or whatever was finished. We used to believe that big data environments were unnecessary because we could manage things perfectly with some kind of data visualization solution. In fact, we still see it around us: organizations begin by visualizing information for decision-making but neglect the organization that needs to embrace data-informed decision-making.

Figure 3.9 illustrates the different ways in which everything can go in various directions. In fact, looking back to 2007/2008, we thought a data management environment was unnecessary and visualized everything we could...