Free Pack · Data Engineering
Data Lake / Lakehouse Health Pack
Turn a data swamp back into a platform: a 24-question lakehouse assessment, a 20-point health checklist, a table-format decision matrix, a remediation project plan, and a data-quality validation plan.
01 — Inside the pack
What’s inside
Four working artifacts. The checklist and the architecture diagram download instantly; the questionnaire and the decision workbook — the high-value bundle — are free with a work email.
PDF · multi-page
Discovery questionnaire
24 scored discovery questions across 6 sections with evidence prompts, response scales, and a scoring guide — the workshop instrument for honest scoping.
XLSX · 4 sheets
Decision workbook
Excel workbook: decision matrix with auto-weighted scoring and 1–5 rating validation, phased project plan with owners and deliverables, and a validation test plan with result tracking.
PDF · 20 checks
Readiness checklist
20-point readiness checklist across 5 categories with sign-off blocks — use as phase entry criteria and go/no-go gates.
SVG · one page
Architecture diagram
One-page blueprint-style architecture diagram — print it for the workshop wall or drop it into your deck.
02 — Architecture at a glance
Lakehouse at a glance
One storage substrate, three discipline layers, governance across all of it.
03 — Who it’s for
Built for the people doing the work
- Data engineering teams inheriting a lakehouse that 'mostly works' but nobody trusts
- Architects choosing or re-choosing table format (Delta, Iceberg, Hudi) and governance
- Leaders paying growing storage/compute bills with flat data-product output
04 — How to use it
Run it like a program, not a download
- Score the platform honestly
Run the questionnaire with data engineering, analytics, and data consumers. Low scores on governance and quality are the usual binding constraints — not the table format.
- Fix trust before scale
Use the checklist to close data-quality and freshness gaps on the highest-value data products first. One trusted product beats ten dubious ones.
- Decide the format question once
The decision matrix settles Delta vs. Iceberg vs. Hudi vs. managed — with migration cost made explicit. Format churn without a migration plan is just rework.
- Remediate in layers
Follow the project plan's medallion discipline: land raw reliably (bronze), then curate (silver), then serve (gold). Skipping layers is how swamps form.
- Validate like a consumer
The validation plan tests freshness, correctness, and cost from the consumer's point of view — the only view that matters.
05 — Get the full pack
Unlock the questionnaire + decision workbook
Free for practitioners. We ask for a work email so an architect — not a drip campaign — can follow up if your scores raise flags.
06 — Keep going
Pair the pack with an assessment
Recommended next step
Data Platform Health Assessment
Run the interactive assessment, then compare its output against your pack scores — the two together scope an engagement honestly.
Talk to an Architect
Bring a completed pack to your discovery call
It compresses weeks of fact-finding into one working session — and the scoring shows us both where the risks are.