Bad Data’s Impact on Decision-Making
Having been around the block, we data professionals have seen many cases of data which could be construed as “imaginative.” …
Data Quality News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Quality education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff
SimsionÕs Consulting Skills workshop has been the highest rated presentation at the past three DAMA / Metadata conferences, and at…
Exploiting a Semantic Method
In this paper I wrote with Sylviane Cardey and Peter Greenfield we examine how a semantics based technique, MMS (Méta Modèle…
Data is Risky Business: The Customer Perspective
This article was going to be nice and tightly drawn, picking up on a single theme from my blog post…
From the Publisher – Happy 1st Anniversary & Questionnaire
With the July 2016 issue of TDAN.com, we celebrate our first year with the new format and new relationships. More…
Career Roadmapping
In following up on Dave Wells’ recent piece titled The Evolution (and Opportunity) of IT Careers, Jennifer takes a different…
It’s all in the Data: Data is Like Contaminated Water
What if the water that flowed through the pipes in your house or apartment was contaminated and you knew that if…
The Business of Data: Focus on the Data that is Important to Your Business
A key tenet of my information management practice is that any data strategy needs to be driven by the organization’s…
Start Data Governance by Protecting Your Data
There are many reasons why organizations design, develop and deliver Data Governance Programs. Typical reasons include – to improve data…
Mastering Data: An Algorithm to Clean Names
It has been a great challenge in many companies to preserve name consistency with written Latin characters in countries where…