Data Products vs Analytics Dashboards: The $4M Mistake

A Fortune 500 company invested $4 million in a 'data product initiative' only to discover they'd built reporting infrastructure instead. Most teams can't distinguish between dashboards and true data products—and it's costing them millions in wasted investment and missed opportunity. Full article: https://davidohnstad.com/data-products-vs-analytics-dashboards/

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David Ohnstad

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Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published: 2026-11-02
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23893281
Primary Topic: Big Data and Business Intelligence
Type: article
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Data Products vs Analytics Dashboards: The $4M Mistake

David Ohnstad

Nov 2, 2026

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Data Products vs Analytics Dashboards: The $4M Mistake

David Ohnstad

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