Business Glossaries and Metadata: Business Glossary Value
I wrote an article a year ago about the Business Glossary Prime Directive for TDAN.com, which can be found here.…
Data Governance News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Governance education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Data is Risky Business: I’m a Doctor, Jim …
In Star Trek, DeForest Kelley use to exclaim “I’m a Doctor Jim, not an engineer” or something similar whenever Captain…
Improving Patient Data Quality, Part 2: What is Evaluated in the PDDQ Framework
This is part two of a two-part article by Melanie Mecca and Jim Halcomb of the CMMI Institute about the…
Thoughts on Semantic Debt
Semantic debt arises when an organization’s data management systems are conceptually inadequate. We often see semantic debt in source-to-target mappings…
Improving Patient Data Quality, Part 1: Introduction to the PDDQ Framework
Patient demographic data quality issues are pervasive across the healthcare industry. A significant percentage of healthcare professionals report that duplicate…
Your Company Has the Flu – The Data Flu
Is your company feeling any pain or suffering from the quality, protection, or understanding of your data? The chances are…
Data Lakes Can Be Like the Library of Babel
In 1941, renowned Argentine author Jorge Luis Borges published a short story entitled “The Library of Babel.” The story tells…
Why Agile is Like Football
In any team sport, there are persons who never score. Test your trivia mind on that! They do not play…
Data and Trending Technologies: Artificial Intelligence Is All About Data
Artificial Intelligence Is All About Data! It’s Real (And Not Fake) NewVantage Partners’ annual Big Data Executive Survey reveals that…
DAMA International Community Corner: A DAMA Update
So what are we up to this year? Well, this is the year of consolidation – we have had a…