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Documenting data sources

Recording where data comes from, what each field means and how often it is updated.

Good work shows: Lists each source with its owner; defines each field in plain words; notes update timing and known gaps.

Documenting data sources is one of the data skills on FinderK.

The job simulations and Skill Paths below include work that is checked for this skill. You do the work in an original fictional company and get feedback on it.

Job simulations

Go or no-go for release 5.4

Release captain (senior software engineer) at Orla Books

About 80 minutes. Included in Plus.

Release 5.4 must get a new bank feed connector live before an aggregator switches off its old interface on 31 October, but Android crashes, a slow migration and a quarantined test stand in the way. Judge readiness, recommend a plan and roll it out without over-promising.

Skills: Judge release readiness against written criteria and evidence; Separate what a dashboard shows from what the policy counts; Recommend a release plan that protects a hard external deadline; Ask for only the exceptions the policy allows, with reasons; Plan a staged rollout and the communications that depend on it

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