The last metre, where decisions are made.
The critical part of all analytics and data pipeline development happens in the last metre. It is where the decision is made and the impact and benefits can start.
Take a moment to think about how you interact with data each week:
- What are the skills and tools you are using?
- How much do you need to interpret?
- Do you know the limitations of the data sets?
One of my first questions is often “What decision are you trying to support?”. The reason for this is to understand the full context for the decision and the data that will be needed to support it. It is not uncommon for us to need to start recording something new or make changes to how telemetry is captured in fulfilling analytics requests.