DAMA International Community Corner: January 2016
New Year, New Start! Refreshed after the holiday break, the team at DAMA International are looking forward to a breakthrough…
Business Intelligence News, Articles, & Education
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How to Manage Null Values in Your Data Warehouse
I’m sure many business intelligence developers have experienced a customer asking why there are null values in their report and…
Data Modeling Techniques – Efficiency of Meta-Entities in an ERD
This article considers the simplification of entity-relationship diagrams by the use of meta-entities. Indexes to measure the effectiveness of simplification…
It’s the Information, Not the Medium
In a recent training course my company conducted on Information Governance and Data Privacy, I found myself in an interesting position:…
Data Professional Introspective – Data Agility & Taming the Interface Chaos
For Enterprise Data Architects, the most creative work—the epitome of professional satisfaction—is developing elegant designs for the target data layer…
So What if Senior Leadership Loses Interest – Whatever it Takes
One topic came up in conversations I had three times this week. The topic was “Senior Leadership is losing interest”…
Data Cleansing vs Data Maintenance: Which One Is Most Important?
There are always two aspects to data quality improvement. Data cleansing is the one-off process of tackling errors within the…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Seven Warning Signs of Appliosclerosis
Of all the dangers that befall those on the journey to data centrism, by far the greatest danger is Appliosclerosis.…
Pragmatic Data: Where Does Your Data Science Live?
“…with the help of the pattern language that existed in traditional society, they were able to generate a complete, living…
Agile Methodologies in EDM Projects
Everybody loves Agile. Right? I see it every day. The Scrum Master opens the daily ceremony with a flourish of…