I've walked into large enterprises and heard about the countless dashboards in their BI tools. The Excel reports being emailed around. And yet, no one really knows which ones are still relevant. Because no one is managing them.
I call these Data Product antiques.
They were built for a purpose once. That purpose is gone. But the reports live on. Taking up space, creating confusion, and sometimes even driving decisions they shouldn't.
A Data Product without lifecycle management becomes a ghost asset. It looks like it's working, but it's delivering outdated or misleading information.
Good Data Products are actively managed. They have owners. They have approval processes. And when they become irrelevant, they get retired.
Walk into your BI tool today. Count the dashboards. Now count the ones someone actively maintains.
The gap between those two numbers? That's your problem.