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

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shadow analytics

/ˈʃædoʊ ˌænəˈlɪtɪks/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The numbers the business actually uses, kept in the one place governance agreed not to look.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. Reporting and metrics produced outside the governed platform, typically in spreadsheets, that inform real decisions.

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