The Data Forecast: Data Quality is Not What We Think
The data management space is riddled with terms that sound familiar but betray their true complexity. We also often choose…
Data Columns
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Core Model at the Heart of Your Architecture
We have taken the position that a core model is an essential part of your data centric architecture. In this…
Data and Trending Technologies: Data’s Role
I am excited to begin my role as a regular contributor to TDAN.com. The focus of my new column will…
DAMA International Community Corner: DAMA is Winning
In the last few weeks, DAMA International has had some interesting wins. The first win is the long awaited DAMA-DMBOK…
Ask the Data Governance Coach: All About Data Governance Committees
In this column, The Data Governance Coach answers the question “What is a Data Governance Committee and What Does It Do?”…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Principles in Data Projects, Part 2
The Agile Data Disconnect Why do data practitioners, and (especially) data modelers typically run away from Agile? In traditional projects…
It’s All in the Data: Everybody is a Data Steward, Get Over It!
Everybody in the organization is a data steward and we need to JUST BELIEVE IT and GET OVER THAT FACT.…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Take Me Out to the Data Governance Ballgame
I am ending my first year as a Little League Baseball parent. As I have sat on numerous bleachers through…
Data Professional Introspective: Know Thy Enterprise Data
Data is an organization’s ‘prana’ (breath of life). For virtually all organizations, we can assert: Data has grown like an…
The Book Look: Data Strategy and the Enterprise Data Executive
In this quarter’s column for TDAN.com, I would like to share an excerpt from a book that just recently released:…