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Track B Episode #2

How a 'quick Excel' becomes a $500k data project that fails

Data Governance

The £500k data warehouse wasn’t the solution to the bad spreadsheets. It was the consequence of them. The real problem was the absence of data lineage and ownership from the start - and buying a warehouse before you understand that makes everything worse. This video traces exactly how one Friday spreadsheet becomes three versions of “revenue” and a very expensive non-solution.