A Day in the Life
The Beatles’ famous song “A Day in the Life” begins by sharing how the singer started his day with a…
Data Features
DG Winter 2017 Review – Data Governance in the Digital Era
The importance of data has grown exponentially over the past decade. We’ve gone from utilizing data for daily operational reporting…
Everybody is a Data Steward; Get Over It!
A Data Steward is someone that has formal accountability for data in the organization. I say that everybody in the…
Ways That Big Data Impact HR
Today, big data provides immense benefits for businesses, starting from sales, to marketing and accounting, and everything in between. Probably,…
Law of Unintended Consequences
Many years ago, there was an IT department. The role of the IT department was to extend the business of…
Data is the New Bacon
Data is hot because … everything seems to always come back to the data. And there is so much of…
Is Information Overload a Myth?
My whole career has been based on managing data and producing information and, as such, I am intrigued with the…
Data Governance – The Army Way
I conducted this interview with Brigadier Richard Nugee of the British Army a few years back. The interview took place…
Death by Spreadsheet
I suppose most of us have heard the phrase “death by PowerPoint,” referring to those occasions when the burping, animated clip…
Disciplined Agile Data Management
The Disciplined Agile (DA) process decision framework provides light-weight guidance to help organizations streamline their information technology (IT) and business…