Is Data Quality All or Nothing?
Businesses are always looking to introduce new, innovative products and services their customers will love that will ultimately increase their…
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Self-Service BI and the Future of Your Business
Successful business intelligence (BI) results flow from efficient data collection techniques combined with self-service BI. These fast and accessible tools…
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.…
Information Security to Justify Data Governance
Many organizations consider Data Governance to be a daunting task that requires dedicated resources and consumes an inordinate amount of…
Three Levels of Models Versus Business
Three Levels of Model Abstraction Traditional entity-relationship (E-R) modeling recognizes three different levels of abstraction at which models are developed:…
Criclytics: Making Decisions in Cricket
You might be wondering what the word Criclytics means. Don’t worry, I will explain in detail what it means and…
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…
Impressions of the 2017 DGIQ Conference
The 2017 Data Governance and Information Quality (DGIQ) Conference (www.dgiqconference.com), hosted by Debtech International and DATAVERSITY, took place in sunny…