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Coalesce 2022 Replay Tracks: Building the Business Case

Current economic uncertainty makes navigating new data team investments a little tricky. Is now the right time to consider new tooling and frameworks? Is doing more with less a solution or recipe for burnout? What data projects most clearly map to near-term business gain? If you’re looking for the Coalesce talks that attempt to answer these questions, this is the replay track for you. Read now
Coalesce 2022 Replay Tracks: Building the Business Case

Current economic uncertainty makes navigating new investments a little tricky. Is now the right time to consider new tooling and frameworks? Is doing more with less a solution or recipe for burnout? What data projects most clearly map to near-term business gain? If you’re looking for the Coalesce talks that attempt to answer these questions, this is the replay track for you.

Module 1: The Case for Refactoring your Team (1 hr 46 mins)

Changing the operational structure of your data team may not always require a direct financial investment, but it is an investment of time and attention—which comes at the cost of temporarily de-prioritizing other data use cases. The below might help you make the case for hitting pause on pipeline to rethink your approach for mid- to long-term gain.

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Module 2: Product, Sales, and Finance Use Cases (2 hrs 9 mins)

A major theme across Coalesce talk submissions this year was the importance of mapping data team contributions to business value, using language and metrics familiar to the rest of the business. These talks focused on how to power product, sales, and financial use cases using analytics engineering best practices.

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Module 3: Getting more out of your current stack (2 hrs 25 mins)

When budgets are tight and change feels like an uphill battle, focusing on optimizing what you already have can still pay dividends. These talks focus on hidden warehouse costs and value, and the multiplying effect of cross-tool metadata and metrics.

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For even more Coalesce talks, be sure to check out the dbt YouTube channel

Last modified on: Dec 6, 2023