The Business of Data: Metadata is Marketing
“I don’t have time to document metadata.” If you’re in the data management or software industry, I’m sure you’ve heard…
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The Digital Transformer: Thoughts on Data Governance
Governance is on my mind, as I just finished writing a textbook chapter about it. Given that the focus of…
The Importance of Business Dialogue as a Part of Data Governance
Productive relationships are based on establishing a shared understanding and maintaining a meaningful dialogue. For data governance initiatives this means…
The Data Governance Coach: Do We Have to Call Them Data Owners?
This may sound like a strange question, but it is one that I am asked frequently. Many people worry about whether it is necessary to…
Five Misconceptions of Data Governance
As a scientist, my first attempt at defining something starts by excluding what it is certainly not or what is…
DAMA International Community Corner July 2016: Moving DAMA Forward
EDW2016 was a wonderful celebration for DAMA as we began delivering on some key projects to make DAMA even more…
Converting an Essential Data Model to a Real Database Design, Part 2
This is the second part of a three-part article intended to clarify the translation required between the essential view and…
Ethics, Shmethics
Ethics is the new black in Information Management. If you don’t believe me, consider the rise of the debate on…
Data Visualization from the Other Side
Data visualization is an important part of analytics. Analytics effectiveness and impact depends on visualization skills of two kinds: the…
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…