Ask the Data Governance Coach: Role of the DG Team in Issue Remediation
I always recommend that one of the early processes you should introduce in your Data Governance initiative is a Data…
Data Columns
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Data Model Patterns for Agile Projects
This is the fourth column in my series about applying Agile techniques to data projects in our Tips and Tricks from the…
Data Professional Introspective: Coming in From the Cold
The Enterprise Data Management Organization In working with both commercial companies and Federal and State agencies, I’ve found that many…
The Book Look: After Action Review – Continuous Improvement Made Easy
Sometimes we read a book that contains fundamental yet powerful ideas. Ideas that we might have been aware of, and…
It’s All in the Data: Go Jump in a Lake
You’ve all heard the expression before: “Go jump in a lake.” It means the same thing as “Get outta town”…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Data Governance Lessons From the Kitchen
Happy New Year! We hope you have your “lucky” dish cooked just the way you like and that it brings you…
Data is Risky Business: Are We the Bad Guys?
My late grandfather liked westerns. He liked that the bad guy was always easy to spot. The bad guy was…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: The Business Glossary & GDPR
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is changing how we think of governing the data of individuals.…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric’s Role in the Reduction of Complexity
Complexity Drives Cost in Information Systems A system with twice the number of lines of code will typically cost more…
The Data Forecast: Don’t Be Chris Burke
Every organization seems to have little things about their culture that makes the place unique. At one of my former…