Guidelines for Building World-Class Business Glossaries – The Essence of Concepts
There are various schools of thought about how to define terms, some arising from professional terminologists and academia. But…
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Introduction to Agile Project Management, Part 3
In the first installment of this Introduction to Agile Project Management series, I wrote about Setting the Scene: why we need…
How to Conduct a Thorough Data Governance Best Practice Assessment
Web-sites like Mapquest.com can only map out directions if you tell it where you are heading; thus following a Stephen…
Appreciating Metadata Through Music
Metadata is one of the more important aspects of data management, yet many data professionals do not understand or simply…
Introduction to Agile Project Management: Part 2
In the first installment of this Introduction to Agile Project Management series, I wrote about Setting the Scene, why we…
Guidelines for Building World-Class Business Glossaries: Disambiguation by Context
This is the second part of a series by Ron Ross. To see part one please click here – Guidelines for…
Confessions of a Data Steward: All I Really Need to Know, I learned in Kindergarten
As practitioners of Data Governance know very well, the Data Steward is a pivotal role in successfully implementing Data Governance…
Introduction to Agile Project Management, Part 1
The Brief You’re in charge of delivering your company’s latest and greatest initiative that’s going to change the face of…
There Are No Facts … Without Data
Recently a Trump surrogate said that “There are no such things as facts.” More ridiculous words could not be spoken –…
Enterprise Data at Risk – Five Danger Signs of Data Integration
Organizations are increasingly collecting and sharing data enterprise-wide. The more databases are shared and modified to meet changing business needs,…