Data Product Management: Why 82% of Analytics Fail

A VP of Analytics delivered 47 dashboards in 11 months. Six months later, only four were still used. According to Gartner, 82% of enterprise analytics initiatives fail to drive sustained decision-making. The problem isn't execution—it's solving for the wrong outcome entirely. Full article: https://davidohnstad.com/data-product-management-analytics-failure/

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-11-02
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.23893083
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Big Data and Business Intelligence
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Data Product Management: Why 82% of Analytics Fail

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Data Product Management: Why 82% of Analytics Fail

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A VP of Analytics delivered 47 dashboards in 11 months. Six months later, only four were still used. According to Gartner, 82% of enterprise analytics initiatives fail to drive sustained decision-making. The problem isn't execution—it's solving for the wrong outcome entirely. Full article: https://davidohnstad.com/data-product-management-analytics-failure/

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