The Politics Of Data Governance: What We Can Learn From 2016 Presidential Elections?
The world is done watching 2016 US Presidential elections and many are going through withdrawal symptoms. Without passing a judgment…
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The Ten (Database) Commandments
People are drawn to lists. Lists appear everywhere, from the Christian Bible to the weekly Top Forty countdown to the…
The Business of Data: The Importance of Business Process in Data Management
The concept of linking business processes with data is not a new concept. But, as with many core architectural components,…
A Data Governance Manager Job Description
From time-to-time I get asked to provide a job description for the person that will run an organization’s Data Governance…
Data Architecture COMN Sense – The Missing Logical Layer in Data Management
Around 2009 someone used the term “NoSQL” to describe an emerging class of database management systems (DBMSs) that, as the…
Rationale for Enterprise Governance
The following is an extract from Chapter 2 of Michael M. Gorman’s new book Enterprise Governance Community of Interest Handbook…
DAMA International Community Corner: The DAMA Evolution Continues
The team held a face to face meeting in Berlin at the beginning of October to review progress to date…
How Enterprise-Level IT Professionals Can Be Agile
Many people mistakenly assume that enterprise-level activities, such as enterprise architecture or reuse engineering, need to be performed in a traditional and even…
An Open Letter to All Data Users
Management of Your Company Your Company Name Your Company’s Address Today’s Date Subject: Open Letter to All Data Users Dear…
The Digital Transformer: Renewing the IT Curriculum
As I discussed back in May, our educational system is a bit behind the curve in responding to digital transformation…