Using Data to Save the Planet
The topic of climate change is a big one these days. In the wake of the recent, devastating super-storms like Harvey,…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: The Business Glossary & GDPR
The European Union’s (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is changing how we think of governing the data of individuals.…
Data and Trending Technologies: Data in Blockchain Technologies
In my previous column on TDAN.com, I reviewed key technologies in vogue now and promised to dig deeper into data…
Data is the New Bacon
Data is hot because … everything seems to always come back to the data. And there is so much of…
The Data Whisperer
A few years ago, my wife and I would watch The Dog Whisperer on the weekends and wonder if Caesar…
It’s All in the Data: Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
While I was attending a recent data governance conference, one of the better-recognized speakers, Mike Atkins of the EDM Council,…
Guidelines for Becoming a Data Steward
I am often asked, “How do we figure out who the Data Stewards are in our organization?”. I commonly tell people that “Everybody…
Data Professional Introspective: Be a Savvy and Confident Data Steward
At conferences and in working with many organizations, I’ve often met individuals engaged in data governance – executives, stewards, owners,…
Disciplined Agile Data Management
The Disciplined Agile (DA) process decision framework provides light-weight guidance to help organizations streamline their information technology (IT) and business…
Business Glossaries and Metadata: Glossaries, Metadata & MDM
Over the last few months, a few companies have asked me a disturbing question: “Which project do you recommend we…