Using Standards to Govern Data
This article is all about operational data governance. If you haven’t read Bob Seiner’s original article on what it means to govern data, you may want to …
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The Agile Enterprise Coach
When your organization chooses to transition into more agile and leaner ways of working, you quickly discover that this effort needs to address all aspects of …
It’s All in the Data: Go Jump in a Lake
You’ve all heard the expression before: “Go jump in a lake.” It means the same thing as “Get outta town” or “I don’t believe you.” These days …
Don’t Neglect Database Performance
One of the most time-consuming aspects of being a DBA is assuring the performance of database systems and applications. A lot of time will be spent on tuning …
Hearing the Voice of Your Customer
What do these very diverse businesses have in common? TWA. PAN AM. Woolworth’s. Sports Authority. Staples. Banana Republic. They have one thing in common. …
Non-Invasive Data Governance A to Z
This article by Bob Seiner is a brief attempt to associate important Data Governance Terms to each letter of the alphabet. Bob looks forward to hearing back …
What Alice in Wonderland Can Teach Us About Data Analytics
Alice: Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here? The Cheshire Cat: That depends a good deal on where you want to get to. Alice: I …
Law of Unintended Consequences
Many years ago, there was an IT department. The role of the IT department was to extend the business of the organization into technology. The world of IT was …
The Data Centric Revolution: Data Centric’s Role in the Reduction of Complexity
Complexity Drives Cost in Information Systems A system with twice the number of lines of code will typically cost more than twice as much to build and …
Leveraging Big Data in a Small Business
It’s no secret that big data is a loaded concept that requires a great deal of unpacking to understand and utilize correctly. Despite the grandeur of the …