Staffingenuitysaved thedayWe’reworkingon thatGIS linked tometers/accountsHad towritecustomqueriesSomeonelaughs attheir ownsystemVendorlimitsdiscoveredlateLearnedthis thehard waySpreadsheetis the systemof recordDemandforecastingmentionedIncrementalprogressbeats perfectsystemsInteroperabilityWe haveAMI… butdon’t useit yetDifferentstaff gavedifferentanswersDatatriggerscustomermessagingThis isn’tperfect —but itworksScriptscompensatefor systemgapsAIInheritedlegacysystemsCWOLreportingdonemanuallyReal-timedataDatacleaningtookforeverDefensibledataDatadidn’talignhistoricallyDatasupportswaterbudgetsItdependsRFPchangedafter lessonslearnedAPIlimitationsTargetedconservationSiloedsystemsCustomerportal inuseWe didn’tknowwhere thatdata livedDocumentationmade adifferenceDashboardspull frommultiplesystemsWe paidto accessour owndataAMI + CISfinallyintegratedSinglesourceof truthRepeatableworkflowsDatagaps inhistoryManualprocessStaffingenuitysaved thedayWe’reworkingon thatGIS linked tometers/accountsHad towritecustomqueriesSomeonelaughs attheir ownsystemVendorlimitsdiscoveredlateLearnedthis thehard waySpreadsheetis the systemof recordDemandforecastingmentionedIncrementalprogressbeats perfectsystemsInteroperabilityWe haveAMI… butdon’t useit yetDifferentstaff gavedifferentanswersDatatriggerscustomermessagingThis isn’tperfect —but itworksScriptscompensatefor systemgapsAIInheritedlegacysystemsCWOLreportingdonemanuallyReal-timedataDatacleaningtookforeverDefensibledataDatadidn’talignhistoricallyDatasupportswaterbudgetsItdependsRFPchangedafter lessonslearnedAPIlimitationsTargetedconservationSiloedsystemsCustomerportal inuseWe didn’tknowwhere thatdata livedDocumentationmade adifferenceDashboardspull frommultiplesystemsWe paidto accessour owndataAMI + CISfinallyintegratedSinglesourceof truthRepeatableworkflowsDatagaps inhistoryManualprocess

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