Road to Enterprise Architecture Success
A “pre-corollary” to the Cheshire cat’s advice is: “If you don’t know where you are, you certainly can’t know if any road choice will go anywhere …
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Glossaries, Metadata & MDM
Over the last few months, a few companies have asked me a disturbing question: “Which project do you recommend we do first, Master Data Management (MDM) or …
A Disciplined Agile Mindset for Data Management
There are very few organizations left these days that haven’t adopted agile and lean strategies within some – and very often the majority – of their …
What Does It Mean to “Govern Data”?
Once you have answered the question of what it means to Ògovern data,Ó the next question they will ask is ÒWhat is the best way to govern data?Ó And to …
It’s All in the Data: Everybody is a Data Steward, Get Over It!
Everybody in the organization is a data steward and we need to JUST BELIEVE IT and GET OVER THAT FACT. Everybody in the organization that has a relationship to …
Impressions of the 2017 DGIQ Conference
The 2017 Data Governance and Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference (www.dgiqconference.com), hosted by Debtech International and DATAVERSITY, took place in …
The Data Governance Bill of “Rights”
What is the Data Governance Bill of ÒRightsÓ? In this article Bob Seiner explains that the Bill of ÒRightsÓ consist of the right behavior that are …
Celebrating 20 Years of TDAN.com
On June 22, 1997, The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com) went live on the internet. The publication started online at stargate.net/TDAN and moved to …
Complete Set of Data Governance Roles & Responsibilities
Over the years, I have been asked several times to consolidate all the roles and responsibilities necessary to deliver a successful Data Governance program …
Autonomics to Modernize DB Administration
There is a clear trend to automate and enable computerized tasks to streamline and optimize administrative and maintenance tasks. Many database (DB) management …