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a better data-driven culture through expectations, guidelines, and
behaviors. Chapter 7 speaks more directly to the technology leaders in
your organization.

Define training and skills needed —Understand the distinction
between the skills required for data consumers (Chapter 4) and those
required for data producers (Chapter 5). Both these chapters provide
an outline of many of the important skills necessary to create and com-
prehend data products.

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Data product inventory —Throughout this topic you read about data
products—the reports, presentations, dashboards, and data analy-
ses—that are the medium for communicating data within your organi-
zation. A good starting point is to build an inventory of the collection
of data products currently in use, their purpose, and the audience they
are intended for. Chapter 5 (Data author) can help you understand
how these products succeed or fail in their purpose, whereas Chapter
7 (ecosystem) gives you insight into how to manage and share your
collection of data products.

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Set a technology roadmap —The framework isolates much of tech-
nology discussion within the concept of building a data product eco-
system. In Chapter 7, you can gain an understanding of some of the
core technology requirements as they relate to providing data access,
capabilities to visualize and present data, and having a place where
data products can be discovered.

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HOw ORGANIZATIONS STRUGGLE

The aspirational framework describes the ideal conditions for a data fluent orga-
nization. In working with dozens of organizations in many different industries,
the common denominator has been the struggle to establish these conditions.
The next chapter describes real-world situations in which weaknesses in one
or more elements of the framework undermine the most committed efforts
to use data to create a high performance organization. This “learning from
the struggles of others” provides an important springboard for growth and
development—to which the remainder of the topic is dedicated.