Taking Inventory of the Unstructured World
The corporate document catalog is a good start for getting your hands around all of the important unstructured information in…
Data Education
Architecture Is Objective, Design Is Subjective – May 2009
This column focuses on the business information model and the minimum level of detail that needs to be considered to…
Thoughts on Data Quality
Craig Mullins looks at the barriers and inhibitors to data quality.
Business Rules – May 2009
What matters above all else is in capturing and expressing business rules is effective business communication. Sticking to that perspective…
Data Models and Data Profiling
Data models and data profiling are complementary techniques. Although data models do not tell us the whole truth, profiling the…
Digging up Dollars: Data Mining in Practice – April 2009
The goal of this article is to describe a process to translate the wish for customer knowledge into actionable strategies…
Modeling the Blueprint for MDM
Modeling the blueprint for MDM is a key differentiator and the difference between success and failure among major initiatives.
Real Men Don’t Read Instructions
Alex Friedgan provides a rebuttal to the recent article entitled "Why Data Models Cannot Work."
The Data Modeling Addict – April 2009
This article is an excerpt from Data Modeling for the Business: A Handbook for Aligning the Business with IT Using…
Interview with Len Silverston of Universal Data Models
This interview of Len Silverston is conducted by Robert Seiner and focuses on Len's new book, The Data Model Resource…