The Power of the Subject Matter Expert (SME)
The knowledge of a Subject Matter Expert, or SME, can make or break any projects of any type. It does…
Data Governance News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Governance education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Cloud Data Governance
Migrating data to the public cloud offers a wide range of benefits for enterprises; data teams can more easily access…
Top Mistakes in Data Migration Projects
Having been involved in several large-scale data migration projects, my company has come across some common re-occurring themes that have…
Through the Looking Glass: Data Discovery, Learned Machines, and Strange Loops
Recently I had the privilege of taking part in a panel discussion about Data Discovery with several distinguished colleagues from…
Data Management 20/20: Governing Data from Business Motivation to Behavior
Recently, I was working with a colleague on a data governance project. When it came to defining the data governance…
Why Your Data Governance Strategy is Failing
What is Data Governance and How Do You Measure Success? Data governance is a system for answering core questions about…
The Art of Lean Governance: Attack Bureaucratic Bloat in Data Governance
As proponents of Lean Thinking, we view corporations as data factories that produce information for operations, reporting, and financial modeling.…
All in the Data: Data Governance Bill of “Rights” Revisited
I last published my Data Governance Bill of “Rights” in a TDAN.com article circa 2017. That seems like a long…
You Needed to Use External Data Yesterday
There’s an impossible amount of information thrown at us every day. Our jobs, calls, emails, news media, dashboards, more emails,…
Building Data Domains is Key to Sharing Data
Increased awareness of data privacy has led to the implementation of data control measures. Used correctly, these safeguards can work…