Documenting Critical Data Elements
Many Data Governance or Data Quality programs focus on “critical data elements,” but what are they and what are some…
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The Art of Lean Governance: Addressing the Elephant in the Room
Hands down one of the most frequent observations when walking the data factory at different clients is the excessive use…
Automating Privacy and Compliance
In the digital age, the deluge of data is relentless. This burgeoning data realm, bolstered by the dawn of generative…
AI Could Save Your Data Governance Program, but It’s Unlikely
In the 1980s, there was a flurry of movies about robots coming to imprison or terrorize humanity. Forty years later,…
Stop Complaining About Your Data – And Do Something About It
Organizations are drowning in a sea of data, facing challenges that range from inconsistent quality to inefficient and ineffective management.…
A Step Ahead: Hierarchies – Boon or Bane?
This is a follow-up article to last quarter’s “A Step Ahead: Categories – Boon or Bane.” There’s an old cliché…
The Currency of Information: Measuring the Value of Data (Part Four)
Data professionals often talk about the importance of managing data and information as organizational assets, but what does this mean?…
The Evidence Act Brings Opportunity for Data Governance
Five years ago, the most comprehensive data governance law was passed in the U.S. On January 14, 2019, the “Foundations…
All in the Data: The Search for Intelligent Life in Your Organization
An invisible, yet universal, force exists that is shaping the very fabric of data-driven decision-making, data practices, and operational data…
Data Professional Introspective: Demystifying Data Culture
The term “data culture” is frequently used to describe a normative view about how an organization functions (or more precisely,…