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…
Data Columns
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…
Data and Trending Technologies: Data in Blockchain Technologies
In my previous column on TDAN.com, I reviewed key technologies in vogue now and promised to dig deeper into data…
DAMA International Community Corner: DMBOK 2 Recap
It’s been almost four months now since DAMA-DMBOK 2 was launched, and we are extremely happy to report that sales…
Ask the Data Governance Coach: Why is Data Governance Important For Everyone?
In this column I’m going to address the issue of why you really should do data governance. When I tell…
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: Agile Principles in Data Projects, Part 3
Data Modeling in Agile Projects This is the third in a series of columns about applying Agile techniques to data projects.…
It’s All in the Data: Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
While I was attending a recent data governance conference, one of the better-recognized speakers, Mike Atkins of the EDM Council,…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Who’s Who in Data Governance
How should the data governance organization be structured? What are the roles needed? Who should ultimately be responsible for data…