modern
context stack
ENTERPRISE SATIRE / VOL. 01The actual point

$11 WELL SPENT A SERVICE TO THE COMMUNITY

You’re one
more layer
away.*

Why do the hard work of aligning stakeholders when you can just buy another tool?

* From another layer.

Nick bought this domain during a webinar so a vendor couldn’t get there first. This is what happened next.

YOUR CONTEXT ARCHITECTURE

REV 001

ENTERPRISE-READY. DEFINITION-PENDING.

03Semantic layerNOW WITH MEANING†
02Data catalogueIT’S IN HERE SOMEWHERE
01Data warehouseALL YOUR DATA. PROBABLY.

“What do we mean by customer?”Sales and Finance still disagree.

† Meaning sold separately.

LAYERS3
FICTIONAL ANNUAL BILL£72k
SHARED UNDERSTANDING¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Easier than getting everyone in a room.

100% MORE BOXESNOW AGENTIC, APPARENTLYALIGNMENT SOLD SEPARATELY

OKAY, THE ACTUAL POINT

Context won’t
procure itself.

Someone still has to get the stakeholders together, work through the disagreements and decide what things mean.

Agree who has the authority to decide. Record the definitions, decisions and exceptions. Make that knowledge easy to retrieve. Then choose the tools that help.

A LITTLE CONTEXT

For the actual work.

This site is a joke. If you’re serious about building a context layer, here are some people who actually know what they’re talking about. Check them out.

Inspired by Anna Bergevin’s “The Context Layer: Architecture, Not Another Tool” session with the Data & AI Product Management community.

“What a service to the community, Nick.”Anna, on the domain purchase. Definitely not a product endorsement.