Is a Lack of Data Governance Cancerous?
Often individuals in an organization believe that they don’t have to think about Data Governance (DG) during the implementation stage and assume that they …
Why Agile is Like Football: Chickens and Pigs
Surely you’ve heard of the Agile methodology, but may not have been able to truly find a way to implement or, in some cases, explain the concept to your …
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Data Warehousing
Welcome to the fifth article in a series about applying Agile techniques to data projects in our Tips and Tricks from the Trenches Column. The column’s goal …
Ask the Data Governance Coach: Do We Have to Call It Data Governance?
The question that I’m going to address in this column is one I get asked fairly regularly. Sadly however, there is no easy yes or no answer. There are a …
All in the Data: Achieving “Good Data” – Pt 1 Improving Data Definition
Many organizations are focusing their data management and “data as an asset” governance programs on improving data for analytical purposes. Several of my …
Introduce Agile Environments for Your BI Team
Agile is like Big Data – a buzzword that has been around for a couple of years already, but in the end, many people don’t know precisely what it is or how …
Blockchain as the Answer to Big Data Barriers
For some time now, it’s becoming apparent that data scientists not only have to toy around with data, but also convert it into a resource for predicting a …
Where Does Semantic Debt Come From?
In my first piece, Thoughts on Semantic Debt, I sketched out the concept of “semantic debt” and provided some examples. Semantic debt arises “when an …
Data Professional Introspective: Do This to Be the Toast of the Town
You are a data management professional, so we know you are a hero already. But if you’d like to be crowned the Prom King or Queen, lavished with praise …
How to Evaluate a DBA Job Offer
As a DBA, it is almost inevitable that you will change jobs several times during your career. When making a job change, you will obviously consider …