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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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remediation backlog

/rɪˌmiː.diˈeɪ.ʃən ˈbæk.lɒɡ/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The list of things everyone agrees are broken, sorted by how long they have been agreed.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. The accumulated queue of identified quality defects awaiting correction, prioritized against competing engineering demands.

Filed

See also

data cleansingRepairing the data instead of the system that keeps breaking it, monthly, in perpetuity.
data quality debtThe interest paid every quarter on the validation skipped to make one deadline two years ago.
remediationFixing the rows now and scheduling the cause for a quarter that does not arrive.