Is Data Governance a Marathon or a Sprint?
Why compare Data Governance and Data Management with running? Firstly, I am passionate about both topics. Secondly, mindset for both are strikingly similar. …
DAMA International Community Corner: DMBOK 2 Recap
It’s been almost four months now since DAMA-DMBOK 2 was launched, and we are extremely happy to report that sales have gone very well. DAMA decided that …
Data is the New Bacon
Data is hot because … everything seems to always come back to the data. And there is so much of it – often referred to as Big Data. Data lies at the …
Questions About Data Governance
October was National Cybersecurity Awareness Month. Many large data breaches have topped news headlines. With all this great conversation taking place, …
The Data Whisperer
A few years ago, my wife and I would watch The Dog Whisperer on the weekends and wonder if Caesar Milan would ever consider helping our dog Luna. Luna would …
Ask the Data Governance Coach: Why is Data Governance Important For Everyone?
In this column I’m going to address the issue of why you really should do data governance. When I tell people what I do, I get a mixed response. Some …
It’s All in the Data: Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
While I was attending a recent data governance conference, one of the better-recognized speakers, Mike Atkins of the EDM Council, spoke briefly about the four …
Critical Thinking and Data Quality
There is an increasing amount of data becoming available that can support decision making. However, more data is not necessarily more information. How can you …
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 after the army won the first-ever Data …
Data Warehousing is Still Alive
Over the past several years many industry experts have declared the data warehouse to be dead. As early as 2011 Michael Hiskey made the case in blogs and when …