Data Speaks for Itself: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
I had a great experience attending the MIT Chief Data Officer and Information Quality Symposium in Cambridge this July. It…
Data Quality News, Articles, & Education
Get a thorough Data Quality education through TDAN’s Business Intelligence articles, news, and blogs.
Tales & Tips from the Trenches: A Data Acumen Quick Reference
Data Acumen, Literacy, and Culture Data literacy, or data acumen[1] as we like to call it, is increasingly cited as…
Avoiding a Data Catastrophe
Have you ever watched the Science channel show called, Engineering Catastrophes? It’s a fascinating show exemplifying how engineering projects of…
The Art of Lean Governance: Eliminating Waste Across the Data Factory
The time wasted spent collecting and validating data can approach 80% of the total effort for managing data. This estimate…
Zen and the Art of Data Maintenance: All Data is Suffering (Part 2)
In part 1 of this series, I shared how our reactions to data can cause a great deal of suffering…
All in the Data: The Same Difference of Data Governance and Data Management
What does your head do when someone uses the expression “same difference”? Mine explodes! Does it mean things are the…
Celebrating 25 Years of TDAN.com!
Twenty-five years ago on June 22, 1997, I published the first issue of The Data Administration Newsletter. Websites were new…
Get People to Be Data Stewards
Few organizations have all the technical and functional data stewards in place to handle the ever-increasing data-related questions and requests.…
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…