Dimensional Analysis of Data Architecture
In this article, the authors analyze enterprise’s data architecture and obtain intelligent insights to find the best performing solution for…
Death by Architecture
Mike Rosen provides solid suggestions to avoid architecture failures.
Data Governance Value Statements
Anybody that has been a consultant or an employee at some point in their life, or anybody who has tried…
Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide – May 2009
Larry Burns describes the Data Services Stack Ð a model, or paradigm, for the interaction of applications and data, based…
Architecture Is Objective, Design Is Subjective – May 2009
This column focuses on the business information model and the minimum level of detail that needs to be considered to…
Taking Inventory of the Unstructured World
The corporate document catalog is a good start for getting your hands around all of the important unstructured information in…
Business Rules – May 2009
What matters above all else is in capturing and expressing business rules is effective business communication. Sticking to that perspective…
Thoughts on Data Quality
Craig Mullins looks at the barriers and inhibitors to data quality.
DAMA Corner May 2009
Loretta Mahon Smith provides a DAMA update.
Data Models and Data Profiling
Data models and data profiling are complementary techniques. Although data models do not tell us the whole truth, profiling the…