DAMA International Community Corner: Announcements & New Chapters
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Data Columns
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: STOP !!! The Crucial Step In Data
It is a pleasure and an honor to begin this column on Zen and data in TDAN.com. What does Zen…
Data Management 20/20: Connecting the Data
Data collection is getting more dispersed and voluminous every day. Corporate entities are constantly merging or splitting, and new lines…
All in the Data: CDOs Should Be Asking “How” … and Not “Why”
The secret lies with Data Governance. The Chief Data Officer (or whoever the Data Czar is at your organization) needs…
Data Professional Introspective: Data Architecture and the Role of Business
The phrase “data architecture” often has different connotations across an organization depending on where their job role is. For instance,…
The Book Look: Navigating the Labyrinth – Exec Guide to Data Management
The Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK2) is the most comprehensive and objective book on data management. Comparable to what…
Practical Points from the DGPO: What Data Governance Is and Is Not
If you are just starting out and feel overwhelmed by all the various definitions, explanations, and interpretations of data governance,…
Data is Risky Business: Call for Compulsory Ethics
In our book, Ethical Data and Information Management, Katherine O’Keefe and I look at the relationship between the Ethic of Society, which today finds expression…
All in the Data: Negative Attitudes and the Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
From time to time, TDAN.com polishes off oldie but goodie content. A regular columnist required time to address personal issues,…
Make an Impact: Data Governance and the Lost Art of Enterprise Architecture
It seems like we’re so busy running that we no longer have time to think. We want to be faster…