Chapter 15

Defining Your Data Lake Remediation Strateg y

IN THIS CHAPTER

check Setting goals for your remediation effort

check Mapping your way out of a data lake mess

check Calculating your options

check Setting your remediation timeline

check Measuring and achieving success

Suppose you’re lucky enough to get in on the ground floor of your organization’s data lake. (Or would that be “get in on the lake bottom”?) You and your colleagues may do all the work on your own, or you may get some outside assistance from expert-level data lake consultants.

Now suppose your data lake runs into trouble, and you need to turn your poorly performing data dump or data swamp back in the direction that you originally envisioned for all your efforts. You might also seek assistance from outside experts — which is where Ravi’s company enters the picture for this chapter.

Ravi, Chun, and Timothy all work for a boutique consulting firm in the northeastern United States that specializes in data lakes for hospital systems and other ...

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