Agile Data N’ Info: Done in 60 Seconds

Estimates take longer than the work? Try T-Shirt Sizing

Shagility — Mon, 09 Nov 2026 08:54:00 GMT

Estimating every task to the hour takes weeks, and you still end up with a guess.

T-Shirt Sizing swaps hours for sizes. Hold each piece of work up against the tees, from XS to OS, and pick the one it fits. New data, tricky logic, many sources or real-time feeds all make it bigger. If it doesn’t fit, go up a size.

The data team picks the size. It’s a guesstimate, not a promise, so you spend less time estimating and more time delivering.

Read the full pattern: https://adiwow.com/9221

Done in 60 Seconds: Agile Data Guides patterns, explained in under a minute.

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Everything is top priority? Try 5 Lanes Prioritisation

Shagility — Fri, 06 Nov 2026 11:50:00 GMT

14 cards, all "number one". So what goes first?

Give stakeholders five numbered lanes with limited room in each. Lane 1 fills up, so the next card goes in lane 2, then lane 3. Want to move a card up? Another one moves down, so the trade-off is out in the open and there are no ties.

The data team starts on the top left card and moves right. Every few months, redo the lanes.

Read the full pattern: https://adiwow.com/9208

Done in 60 Seconds: Agile Data Guides patterns, explained in under a minute.

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Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up? Try Six Levels of Data Integration

Shagility — Wed, 04 Nov 2026 11:40:00 GMT

Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up? Try Six Levels of Data Integration | Done in 60 Seconds

Data is all loaded, so why won't it add up?

Two systems both send account 12345, they get merged, and now Bob is showing Kate's money.

Loaded doesn't mean integrated.

Six Levels of Data Integration builds from the bottom up, and each level asks one question:

1. Common Model: Which table?
2. Key: Same thing?
3. Attribute: Same meaning?
4. Consolidation: Which source?
5. Value: Same codes?
6. Format: Same layout?

Skip a level and everything above it falls. With all six in place, you can swap a source and the numbers stay right.

Read more in Patrik Lager's article on the Daana blog: adiwow.com/9233

Done in 60 Seconds: Agile Data Guides patterns, explained in under a minute.

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“That’s not what I wanted”? Try Information Product Canvas

Shagility — Tue, 03 Nov 2026 12:16:00 GMT

“That’s not what I wanted”? Try Information Product Canvas | Done in 60 Seconds

“That’s not what I wanted!”
“But that’s what you asked for!”

One line of asking. Two different pictures.

The Information Product Canvas is a one-page pattern template for capturing data and information requirements. Before anyone builds, the stakeholder and the data team sit down and work through twelve areas together, starting with the business questions, then the actions and outcomes, who it’s for, and what it will and won’t do.

Once you’re both on the same page, design it: sketch a wireframe, colour it in. Then build it.

Read the full pattern: https://adiwow.com/9213

Every data request is top priority? Try 500 Dollars Prioritisation

Shagility — Mon, 02 Nov 2026 08:56:00 GMT

Everything’s top priority. Five stakeholders, five “number ones”, one data team.

500 Dollars Prioritisation fixes that. Give every stakeholder $500 of Monopoly money and let them spend it on what matters most to them. They can’t fund everything, so they have to choose.

Whatever gets the most money goes first: design it, build it, then move on to the next. When priorities change, they spend again.

Read the full patterns: adiwow.com/509 & adiwow.com/510

Done in 60 Seconds: Agile Data Guides patterns, explained in under a minute.

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