MDM Data Quality Standards
In the previous post, we discussed the emerging role of standards and the business drivers that influence an organization’s approach…
Data Quality News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Quality education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Fix the “Data Situation”
What would you do with your data (i.e. what type of analytics would you run) if you had the data…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Metadata Strategy and the Business Glossary
In this column I have discussed the significant concepts, processes, resources, and deliverables that can be maintained in a Business…
It’s Time to Say Goodbye to Bob
Planning for the coming year is always a time of reckoning. A time when organizations ask themselves what worked, what…
The Data-Centric Revolution: Governance in a Data-Centric Environment
How a Data-Centric Environment Becomes Harder to Govern A traditional data landscape has the advantage of being extremely silo-ed. By…
Applying Top-Down, Big-Picture Models to a Data Vault Part 1
Data Vaults have enormous potential to deliver value, but to do so, we’ve got to turn the spotlight off the…
Interview with InfoGovWorld’s Robert Smallwood
[Seiner] Robert, I am glad that you have agreed to be interviewed for the pages of TDAN.com. Please introduce yourself…
DAMA International Community Corner: DAMA Community Update
Greetings to the DAMA Community from Peter Aiken, President, DAMA International! As we wind down this Board’s short (2-month) tenure,…
Every Data Picture Tells a Story
This blog’s title is very similar to the name of a famous Rod Stewart album that contains a signature song…
Ask the Data Governance Coach: A Lean Approach to Data Governance
As I may have mentioned in the past, getting a data governance initiative started can be extremely challenging. This is…