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Datadis your best arsenal and armory. Ensure that you have the right permis-
sions, metadata, master data, user driven semantics, and alignment of formats
to all screens. This will help you develop and deliver the best possible data layer
for applications.
Skillsdare needed to ensure top teams are participating in application develop-
ment. Ensure that your teams are trained and updated in skills.
Leadershipdis essential to provide success.
Storyboarddis needed for overall success and engagement.
Budgetsdare needed to keep the lights on.
As we have seen in this chapter of the book, building the application is not trivial and
there are several changes that have happened in the world of application development
which provide you with so many opportunities. The key mantra here is “fail fast” and you
will be very successful if you adopt to this policy. There are some case studies that have
been included in the book for you to look and read. The goal of the book is to introduce
you to the world of big data applications and data-driven transformation with look into
several areas of examples. We will provide more updates on the website over the next few
months and welcome specific requests for further examples or case studies.

Additional reading

Storytelling With Data (http://www.storytellingwithdata.com/blog/2015/8/24/how-i-storyboard).
The Ultimate Guide to Storyboarding (https://www.idashboards.com/blog/2018/09/05/the-ultimate-
guide-to-storyboarding/).
How to Tell a Story with Data (https://hbr.org/2013/04/how-to-tell-a-story-with-data).
Data Visualization: How to Tell A Story With Data (https://www.forbes.com/sites/nicolemartin1/2018/
11/01/data-visualization-how-to-tell-a-story-with-data/#2102c7694368).