An Open Letter to All Data Users
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Data Articles
Five Things for Data Governance Success
Working with his clients, the author has identified a set of practices that strongly align with success in the data…
Bad Data’s Impact on Decision-Making
Having been around the block, we data professionals have seen many cases of data which could be construed as “imaginative.” …
Comparing Approaches to Data Governance
Three approaches to implement data governance include 1) the Command and Control approach, 2) the Traditional approach, and 3) the…
Exploiting a Semantic Method
In this paper I wrote with Sylviane Cardey and Peter Greenfield we examine how a semantics based technique, MMS (Méta Modèle…
Today’s Crypto-Frankenstein
Haleigh Wright is the assistant to the publisher of The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com). Introduction Recently, I attended the International…
Converting an Essential Model to a Real Database Design, Part 3
Introduction This is the third part of a three-part article intended to clarify the translation required between the essential view…
What Can’t You Do Because Your Data is Ungoverned?
Introduction – The Secret I know the secret to getting business people to tell us why they need Data Governance.…
Toward a Better Understanding of Metadata – Repository
The Metadata Repository offers a place to put stuff. It is inherently complex and requires careful management and administration. The…
Non-Invasive Framework for Data Governance Implementation: Details, Part 2
In the first part of this paper I detailed the levels and components of a Non-Invasive framework for successful data governance…