Our Methodology
Architecture First.
Most firms start with dashboards. We start with the data underneath.
The dashboard-first trap.
Industry Default
Dashboard-First
- × Pretty visuals on broken data
- × Numbers don’t match across reports
- × Builder leaves, everything breaks
- × Project ends, vendor disappears
8020 Data
Architecture-First
- ✓ Clean foundation, then dashboards
- ✓ Single source of truth
- ✓ Full documentation, anyone can maintain
- ✓ Subscription — you’re supported next month too
Five phases. One foundation.
1
Audit
We assess your current data landscape. Every source, every pipeline, every report.
2
Model
We design star-schema dimensional models in dbt. Clean naming, tested relationships, documented logic.
3
Build
We build your warehouse, pipelines, and transformations. Automated and documented from day one.
4
Visualize
We build dashboards on clean data. Design system applied. QA’d against the models.
5
Evolve
We maintain, improve, and grow your data infrastructure alongside your business. Monthly subscription.
See it in action.
Book a free diagnostic and see what Architecture First looks like for your data.