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…
Business Intelligence Columns
Business Intelligence Columns
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…
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.…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Building the Data Governance Business Case
I recently spoke at a user conference on the topic of building a business case to get your Data Governance…
The Digital Transformer: Digital (Re)Education
Recently, I watched The Intern. Have you seen it? It stars Robert De Niro as Ben, a 70-year old widowed…
The Business of Data: Focus on the Data that is Important to Your Business
A key tenet of my information management practice is that any data strategy needs to be driven by the organization’s…
The Book Look: Data Novels
I love good novels. I read and learn from a lot of technology texts (and we publish many of them),…