Question 1

What are the three pillars of data reporting trust?

Accepted Answer

The three pillars are Architecture (a single agreed-upon source of truth), Ownership (one named person accountable when reports are wrong), and Governance (rules requiring downstream checks before reports are shared when upstream data changes).

Question 2

How do I know if my reporting problem is an architecture issue?

Accepted Answer

If your team cannot agree on what system is the authoritative source of truth for a report, you have an architecture problem. No amount of process improvement will fix conflicting numbers until one system is designated as the single source of truth.

Question 3

What is a governance problem in data reporting?

Accepted Answer

A governance problem occurs when there are no rules requiring a downstream check before a report is distributed after upstream data changes. This leads to stale or wrong reports being shared because there is no formal trigger to review and update them.

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