Had towritecustomqueriesSiloedsystemsReal-timedataVendorlimitsdiscoveredlateSinglesourceof truthRepeatableworkflowsManualprocessItdependsThis isn’tperfect —but itworksRFPchangedafter lessonslearnedDashboardspull frommultiplesystemsDifferentstaff gavedifferentanswersDatatriggerscustomermessagingDatasupportswaterbudgetsWe’reworkingon thatDatadidn’talignhistoricallySomeonelaughs attheir ownsystemAIDefensibledataWe haveAMI… butdon’t useit yetDemandforecastingmentionedInheritedlegacysystemsDocumentationmade adifferenceAMI + CISfinallyintegratedDatagaps inhistoryTargetedconservationIncrementalprogressbeats perfectsystemsScriptscompensatefor systemgapsWe didn’tknowwhere thatdata livedStaffingenuitysaved thedayCustomerportal inuseDatacleaningtookforeverSpreadsheetis the systemof recordLearnedthis thehard wayAPIlimitationsCWOLreportingdonemanuallyGIS linked tometers/accountsWe paidto accessour owndataInteroperabilityHad towritecustomqueriesSiloedsystemsReal-timedataVendorlimitsdiscoveredlateSinglesourceof truthRepeatableworkflowsManualprocessItdependsThis isn’tperfect —but itworksRFPchangedafter lessonslearnedDashboardspull frommultiplesystemsDifferentstaff gavedifferentanswersDatatriggerscustomermessagingDatasupportswaterbudgetsWe’reworkingon thatDatadidn’talignhistoricallySomeonelaughs attheir ownsystemAIDefensibledataWe haveAMI… butdon’t useit yetDemandforecastingmentionedInheritedlegacysystemsDocumentationmade adifferenceAMI + CISfinallyintegratedDatagaps inhistoryTargetedconservationIncrementalprogressbeats perfectsystemsScriptscompensatefor systemgapsWe didn’tknowwhere thatdata livedStaffingenuitysaved thedayCustomerportal inuseDatacleaningtookforeverSpreadsheetis the systemof recordLearnedthis thehard wayAPIlimitationsCWOLreportingdonemanuallyGIS linked tometers/accountsWe paidto accessour owndataInteroperability

Great Data Dig - Call List

(Print) Use this randomly generated list as your call list when playing the game. There is no need to say the BINGO column name. Place some kind of mark (like an X, a checkmark, a dot, tally mark, etc) on each cell as you announce it, to keep track. You can also cut out each item, place them in a bag and pull words from the bag.


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  1. Had to write custom queries
  2. Siloed systems
  3. Real-time data
  4. Vendor limits discovered late
  5. Single source of truth
  6. Repeatable workflows
  7. Manual process
  8. It depends
  9. This isn’t perfect — but it works
  10. RFP changed after lessons learned
  11. Dashboards pull from multiple systems
  12. Different staff gave different answers
  13. Data triggers customer messaging
  14. Data supports water budgets
  15. We’re working on that
  16. Data didn’t align historically
  17. Someone laughs at their own system
  18. AI
  19. Defensible data
  20. We have AMI… but don’t use it yet
  21. Demand forecasting mentioned
  22. Inherited legacy systems
  23. Documentation made a difference
  24. AMI + CIS finally integrated
  25. Data gaps in history
  26. Targeted conservation
  27. Incremental progress beats perfect systems
  28. Scripts compensate for system gaps
  29. We didn’t know where that data lived
  30. Staff ingenuity saved the day
  31. Customer portal in use
  32. Data cleaning took forever
  33. Spreadsheet is the system of record
  34. Learned this the hard way
  35. API limitations
  36. CWOL reporting done manually
  37. GIS linked to meters/accounts
  38. We paid to access our own data
  39. Interoperability