“Can you analyze all our data from the last 10 years for a report we’ll ignore?”
To undertake an unreasonably large or complex task. When someone suggests analyzing every byte of data ever collected, just to answer a simple question. Usually requested by someone who doesn’t understand the difference between a dashboard and a data lake. Will lead to a three-month project that still won’t give them the answer they want.
"Do a full audit of every data point ever collected? Sure, let’s totally boil the ocean."
