The Data Forecast: The Value of Data
Data is a fascinating thing. We have a sense that this stuff is valuable, but we struggle to put it…
Data Columns
Business Glossaries and Metadata: The “Value” of our Data Consumers
Traditionally, many Data Governance organizational activities and processes have been focused on the infrastructure efforts to create, maintain, and improve…
The Business of Data: Metadata is Marketing
“I don’t have time to document metadata.” If you’re in the data management or software industry, I’m sure you’ve heard…
The Digital Transformer: Thoughts on Data Governance
Governance is on my mind, as I just finished writing a textbook chapter about it. Given that the focus of…
The Data Governance Coach: Do We Have to Call Them Data Owners?
This may sound like a strange question, but it is one that I am asked frequently. Many people worry about whether it is necessary to…
DAMA International Community Corner July 2016: Moving DAMA Forward
EDW2016 was a wonderful celebration for DAMA as we began delivering on some key projects to make DAMA even more…
Data Professional Introspective: Comparative Data Management (Part 2)
Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 (Coming Soon) In our last column, “Comparative Data Management…
It’s all in the Data: Everybody is a Data Steward (Get Over It)
A Data Steward is someone that has formal accountability for data in the organization. I say that everybody in the…
The Book Look: Data Lake Architecture
I consider Bill Inmon a seer. He predicted (and also shaped) the popularity of the data warehouse in the 1990s.…
Practical Points from the DGPO
You have heard the phrase “Practice makes perfect,” and you have probably lived through enough life events to learn the…