Discovering data products with event storming

Data products should not be developed with a stock-to-order logic. In other words, they should not be developed in the absence of clear business cases.

At the organizational level, business cases are defined based on the strategic plan. Some business cases require access to an organization’s data assets. If there are no existing data products that make the data assets necessary for the business cases available and easily usable, then they must be implemented, or the existing ones must be extended.

In this section, we will see how to use the event storming technique to define the relevant business cases to implement a business strategy. We will then show how, also through event storming, it is possible to identify the data products to be developed to support defined business cases.

Understanding a business strategy

Data products are identified based on the relevant business cases. A business case is relevant if it supports...