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Develop a Feedback Mechanism for Data Products to Help Evolve and
Improve Content.
The key to a successful data product is to ensure that there are mechanisms
in place to allow for feedback to improve and evolve content. Often, users
need to see results before they can ask better, more detailed questions of the
data. These feedback loops provide critical learning to improve data products.
In providing feedback, there will be times when you need to retire a certain
data product. In this regard, the economists' refrain, “sunk costs are irrel-
evant,” is worth remembering. Despite the past time, energy, attention, and
resources sunk into generating a data presentation or product, products that
are no longer useful must be excised from your data ecosystem. Retaining
data products that are not used makes for a cluttered system and can cre-
ate confusion for future employees unfamiliar with the product's history or
former utility. From an employee perspective, it is a waste of time to have to