10 Critical Questions to Consider When Building an Analytics Platform

The construction of a data analytics platform requires significant financial and time investments. A set of 10 critical questions must be answered regardless of the type of business or scope of data before you build a data analytics platform.

Without answering these questions, a scalable solution is not possible.

Consider These Questions When Building an Analytics Platform:

1. What tools will be used to manage and leverage the platform?
2. Who is responsible for managing and maintaining the platform?
3. Where are common measures defined and managed?
4. How do you know the data is equal to the source data without exception?
5. How often does the data volume increase or change?
6. Is the data organized in an easily understood, scalable, and consistent manner?
7. Does the database follow naming standards and use a common language?
8. How clean is the data? Is cleansing and data transformation required?
9. Where will the master data reside?
10. What security is required and where will it be implemented and managed?  

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