Through the Looking Glass: Data Stewards in the Realm of Gondor
Welcome to “Through the Looking Glass,” my new column on TDAN.com. In this and future columns, I will look at…
data governance
The Data-Centric Revolution: The Role of SemOps (Part 2)
In our previous installment of this two-part series we introduced a couple of ideas. First, data governance may be more…
Data Governance Checklist for Auditing Reports
An integral part of organizational data comprises of customer and employee data. This data is used for important decision making…
Data Governance Benefits and the Trifecta of People, Process, and Technology
A client recently asked me to summarize the benefits of data governance and the three main elements of data governance…
The Current Explosion of Data Catalogs
About 540 million years ago most of the animal body plans we see today suddenly appeared in a “relatively brief”…
Partly Cloudy with a Scattered IT Environment
How many times, when you were a kid, did a thunderstorm cause an immediate mix of emotions: the fear of…
Data Professional Introspective: Enterprise Data & EDM Strategy Pt 1
It’s been a while since I’ve written about the goals and objectives of an Enterprise Data Management (EDM) Program and…
Practical Points from the DGPO: Three Key Aspects of Data Governance
In October 2020, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced a $400 million civil monetary penalty against…
All in the Data: Never a “Right” Time for Data
Several years ago, I wrote an article called the Data Governance Bill of “Rights.” I also speak often about my…
Automating Metadata Management Through Data Catalogs
Cataloging items has been a process used since the early 1900s to manage large inventories, whether it be books or…