{"id":10,"date":"2022-06-09T12:48:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:48:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eck.uidev.site\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2023-08-29T15:11:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-29T15:11:59","slug":"overview-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/overview-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Product Confusion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgblue b100w notoppover footunder cwidetext withtitle singleno\">\n\t\t\t\t<h1>Data Product Confusion<\/h1>\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There is a lot of confusion in the marketplace about the definition of a data product. Everyone has a different opinion. Ask a vendor and you\u2019ll get a self-serving perspective: a data product is what their product does. Ask a data developer, and they\u2019ll say a data product is a building block that helps them build analytic solutions faster. And so on.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The problem with all these definitions is that they describe things that data &amp; analytics teams have delivered for decades. (See figure 1.) So what\u2019s really new?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When you read articles about data products, you often get a list of characteristics that constitute a data product. They are all nice characteristics, things that you would want from any data asset. (See figure 2.) But that\u2019s the problem!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s the difference between a run-of-the-mill data asset and a data product? If that\u2019s the case, should everything we build be considered a data product? And if so, why the name change? <\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"quote\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p> \u201cThere is little agreement on the definition of a data product. Most definitions describe things that have existed for decades. So what\u2019s new?\u201d<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vidimg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iframelink\">youtu.be\/fA_53P-s8Is<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"videoem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fA_53P-s8Is?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txtlnk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Clearing Up Confusion<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgdblue b80w notoppover footunder cwidetext singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfigure bgnone\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Figure 1. What is a Data Product?<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Confusion-Figure-1-What-is-a-Data-product.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Confusion-Figure-1-What-is-a-Data-product.png\">Close<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div id=\"figure\" class=\"entry-content\">\n<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"figure wow fadeIn bgdorange b80w notoppover footover\" data-wow-delay=\"0.4s\">\n\t\t<h2>Figure 2. Generic Traits<\/h2>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\n\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Confusion-Figure-2-Genetic-Traits.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\n\t<div class=\"ref\"><\/div>\n\t\n\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/building-data-products-with-data-mesh-and-data-fabric\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2023\/08\/Confusion-Figure-2-Genetic-Traits.png\">View Large<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 1\" class=\"wow fadeInDown resources bgblue topunder colsingle b60w\">\n\t<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml iwebsite\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/articles\/let-s-be-clear-a-data-asset-is-not-a-data-product\">Wayne Eckerson, \u201cLet\u2019s Be Clear: A Data Asset is Not a Data Product\u201d, Eckerson Group, August, 2023. 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