Data Professional Introspective: Organizational Factors Impacting EDM
“Money won’t save you, no, no, no, no, no.” – Reggae artist Jimmy Cliff, 1974. In fact, money, insofar as…
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Paying Down Semantic Debt
In my last piece, “Where does semantic debt come from?,” I described the Semantic Debt Life-cycle. At a higher level,…
Practical Points from the DGPO: For Professionals, By Professionals
There has never been a better time to be a data governance professional. Why? Two words: Job. Security. Whether it…
Protect Your Data with Data Governance
There are many reasons why organizations design, develop, and deliver Data Governance Programs. Typical reasons include improving data quality, improving analytical…
Data is Risky Business: Ethics at the Core of a Data-Driven World
There is a famous Dilbert cartoon from a few years ago in which Dogbert provides Dilbert’s company with advice on…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Data-Centric and Model Driven
Model Driven Development Model Driven seems to be enjoying a bit of an upsurge lately. Gartner has recently been hyping…
You Need a Document Management Solution
Do you ever feel like your company’s documents and records are in a holding pattern? Then let me introduce you…
Questions Metadata Can Answer
The world of information technology has “grown up” dramatically in the last twenty-five years – the term of my comparably…
8 Ways to Discover Personal Data for GDPR
As many companies around the globe are struggling with how to meet the new GDPR requirement, we are all receiving…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Using the Glossary to Drive Your Quality Strategy
I have recently received many challenging questions about how to use Data Governance processes, technology, and the Business Glossary to…