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Famous Last Words

Here's another "what I've learned." When we have a deadline or a business-critical issue, we can tend to underemphasize the business requirements, due diligence, experience and sometimes some spending that is going to be necessary.

One area, just to pick something out, is Dun&Bradstreet numbers. DNB is practically ubiquitous in my clientele yet it’s always harder to match than is initially believed. Another truth about DNB is that not every company has a DNB number. Plan for it!

I have a collection of data warehousing “famous last words.” Here’s one: “We’ll just link our customers to DNB tomorrow and it’ll be ready for you on Thursday.”

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