Truth in Data – Buyer Beware
To quote a classic movie, Network, “I am as mad as hell and I am not going to take this…
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Data Professional Introspective: Piloting the Plane
An organization’s Enterprise Data Management Strategy, which establishes an EDM Program, requires a corresponding sequence plan (aka, ‘roadmap’) describing initiatives…
The Book Look: The Rosedata Stone
I know there is a bit of a bias when I dedicate this quarterly column to my own book ……
All in the Data: My, My, Hey, Hey – The Value of Data is Here to Stay
Neil Young waxed poetically when he proclaimed that “It’s better to burn out than it is to rust” in his…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Things to Know About Stewardship
Stewardship is one of the foundational components of a successful data governance (DG) program but it can also be one…
Data Starvation and Your Data Metabolism
David Crosby, of super group fame with Stills, Nash and Young, once said that you have to write about something…
Taking the Data Blinders Off
Business has a fundamental problem with data quality. In some places it’s merely painful, in others it’s nearly catastrophic. Why…
Data is Risky Business: Data Literacy is Not Just About Shiny Toys
In this column I want to talk about data literacy, and not because it is the “buzzword de jour.” By…
The Data Catalog Has Risen
If you have been around the IT industry for as long as I have, you have seen technologies and ideas…
Make An Impact: Hidden Reasons Why Your Data Analysis Has No Value
In most of our organizations we have people doing data analysis all over the place. From very technical SQL queries…