The End of Agile – Part 2 (Critiques of Agile)
In the first article, I laid out the basic premise for this series: an examination of how Agile has gone…
Data Education
Data Governance Gets a New Impetus
Data governance has often been met with furrowed brows among CIOs — sometimes seen as the broccoli of the IT…
All in the Data: A Steward in Need Is a Steward in Deed
You’ve probably heard the expression, “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” For this column, I am going to…
The Book Look: Cassandra Data Modeling and Schema Design
I love writing this column for TDAN. It lets me discuss what I learned from a newly released data management…
The Importance of Data Due Diligence
Acquiring an existing business can be an exceptional way to make your entrepreneurial dreams come to life — or even…
Do Citizen Data Scientists Add Value or Is the Concept Mere Buzz?
If you read trade or industry journals or business publications, you have probably noticed that the subject of the citizen data scientist is…
The End of Agile – Part 1 (A Brief History of Agile)
In recent years, we have seen substantial pushback on many fronts against Agile as a viable and important project management…
Creative Ways to Surf Your Data Using Virtual and Augmented Reality
Organizations often struggle with finding nuggets of information buried within their data to achieve their business goals. Technology sometimes comes…
Data Is Risky Business: The Opportunity Exists Between Keyboard and Chair
I’m doing some research work for a thing (more on that thing later in the column). My research has had…
Legal Issues for Data Professionals: AI Creates Hidden Data and IP Legal Problems
As data has catapulted to a new and valuable business asset class, and as AI is increasingly used in business…