Celebrating 25 Years of TDAN.com!
Twenty-five years ago today, I published the first issue of The Data Administration Newsletter. Websites were new creatures back then,…
Data Quality News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Quality education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Disinformation, Governance and Trust
In April 2022, the Department of Homeland Security announced the “Disinformation Governance Board” whose ostensible mission was to stop the…
Trends Data Leaders Should Anticipate
Not surprisingly, digital transformation is a prerequisite for forward-thinking businesses. The catastrophic disruption of the global pandemic did not slow…
Data Speaks for Itself: Data Speaks as Product
One of the greatest contributions to the understanding of data quality and data quality management happened in the 1980s when…
What I Learned from Executing Data Quality Projects
Getting to great data quality need not be a blood sport! But there must be a method to the madness,…
The Art of Lean Governance: Go Lean and Stop Burning Cash
Lean Governance is a proven method to stop burning your company’s cash. This approach is all about saving money by…
Autonomous Data Trust Score for Data Catalogs
With the accelerating adoption of Data Catalogs as the core component for enterprise data governance, the need to provide information…
What Makes a Data Element Critical? The Story of the CDE
There are always new terms being introduced in the data world. While newfangled terms like “data mesh” and “data fabric”…
Data Governance Bottom-Up Approach is Alive
Top Down vs. Bottom Up Have you heard the terms “top-down” or “bottom-up” associated with approaches to Data Governance? If…
Data Value Chain: Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Framework (Lego Version)
Data driven organizations are innovating faster than ever. Data Science program maturity and processes enablement is one of the reasons…