Death by Spreadsheet, Part 1
George McGeachie figures that most of us are familiar with the phrase Òdeath by PowerPoint,Ó referring to those occasions when…
Data Articles
From Data Modeling to Ontologies: Discovering What Exists, Part 2
This is the second of a two-part article from Dave Hay exploring the semantic problems of modern complex organizations.
From Data Modeling to Ontologies: Discovering What Exists, Part 1
This is the first of two articles from David Hay that address the development of ontologies to address the semantic…
Employing Enterprise Metadata to Effectively Deploy Enterprise Resource Planning Packages, Part 1
This paper, the first in a series of four papers from Mike Gorman, defines the overall objective that the four…
A Taxonomy of Barriers to Producing Performance Indicators on Human Service Programs
Human service programs are under pressure to measure their performance, but they face a variety of practical obstacles to producing…
Binding the Governance Organization to the Data: An Example from Retail Banking for the Customer Domain
This article is a modified extract from Selling Information Governance to the Business: Best Practices by Industry and Job Function…
Governing Customer Information in Insurance
This article is an extract from the book Selling Information Governance to the Business: Best Practices by Industry…
Is Your Data Governance Program In Trouble?
In this article, Jay Zaidi provides best practice recommendations that can assist any organization in its quest for successful data…
Architecture Made Easy, Part 13
Businesses have many tools at their disposal. However, discovering ways of deploying them to better compete in the marketplace is…
Key Features Needed in a Data Modeling Tool
Steve Hoberman and George McGeachie discuss the use of data modeling tools and point out the key features of those…