Data quality contract deck
Recall the minimum useful fields of a data contract and how to handle objections to contract overhead.
Minimum viable contract What belongs in the first useful version of a data contract? Owner, grain, required fields, semantics, quality checks, freshness target, compatibility rules, and change notice. Start where surprise would hurt consumers; expand only when the contract earns use. Contract scope Full documentation or enforceable interface? A contract should define what producers and consumers can rely on. Objection Contracts will slow us down. We change source fields every sprint. A product team worries the data team wants approval power over application changes. Your line The contract does not block additive changes. It only asks for notice or dual-write…
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