DAMA International Community Corner: DAMA Community Update
Greetings to the DAMA Community from Peter Aiken, President, DAMA International! As we wind down this Board’s short (2-month) tenure,…
Data Columns
Ask the Data Governance Coach: A Lean Approach to Data Governance
As I may have mentioned in the past, getting a data governance initiative started can be extremely challenging. This is…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Data Summary
Welcome to the wrap-up column in our series on applying Agile techniques to data projects in our Tales and Tips…
All in the Data: Achieving “Good Data” – Pt 2 Improving Data Production
Many organizations focus their data governance programs on improving their data for analytical purposes. A problem they are running into…
The Book Look: Controlling the Chaos
If I was to describe the book, Controlling the Chaos: A Functional Framework for Enterprise Architecture and Governance, in one…
Data Professional Introspective: Organizational Factors Impacting EDM
“Money won’t save you, no, no, no, no, no.” – Reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, 1974. In fact, money, insofar as…
Practical Points from the DGPO: For Professionals, By Professionals
There has never been a better time to be a data governance professional. Why? Two words: Job. Security. Whether it…
Data is Risky Business: Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World
There is a famous Dilbert cartoon from a few years ago in which Dogbert provides Dilbert’s company with advice on…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric and Model Driven
Model Driven Development Model Driven seems to be enjoying a bit of an upsurge lately. Gartner has recently been hyping…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Using the Glossary to Drive Your Quality Strategy
I have recently received many challenging questions about how to use Data Governance processes, technology, and the Business Glossary to…