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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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remediation

/rɪˌmiː.diˈeɪ.ʃən/ - n.

1 [colloq.] Fixing the rows now and scheduling the cause for a quarter that does not arrive.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The corrective work that brings a defective dataset back within its quality requirements and, ideally, addresses the cause that produced the defect.

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See also
  • data cleansingRepairing the data instead of the system that keeps breaking it, monthly, in perpetuity.
  • remediation backlogThe list of things everyone agrees are broken, sorted by how long they have been agreed.
  • root cause analysisThe search for the underlying cause, which terminates the moment it reaches a team that can defend itself.