Data Product Management: Why Analytics Portals Fail

We built a self-service analytics portal for a Fortune-500 finance unit, only to watch usage plummet by ninety-two percent after the first login. Most data initiatives fail to deliver measurable business impact within a year. In enterprise data work, understanding why valuable solutions become invisible is the key to creating sustainable profitability. Full article: https://davidohnstad.com/data-product-management-why-analytics-portals-fail/

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-10-26
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23669056
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Big Data and Business Intelligence
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Data Product Management: Why Analytics Portals Fail

David Ohnstad
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Big Data and Business Intelligence
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Data Product Management: Why Analytics Portals Fail

David Ohnstad
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Abstract

We built a self-service analytics portal for a Fortune-500 finance unit, only to watch usage plummet by ninety-two percent after the first login. Most data initiatives fail to deliver measurable business impact within a year. In enterprise data work, understanding why valuable solutions become invisible is the key to creating sustainable profitability. Full article: https://davidohnstad.com/data-product-management-why-analytics-portals-fail/

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