Data Professional Introspective: Comparative Data Management (Part 3)
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 (Coming Soon) In our last column, Comparative Data Management,…
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Practical Points from the DGPO
Metrics matter. In fact, they matter significantly. Metrics and measures are necessary for continual improvement across the business and for…
Data Governance and Dancing in the Rain
Originally published in TDAN.com in October 2011. From time-to-time TDAN.com shares oldie but goodie articles as Features that are relevant…
What Can’t You Do Because Your Data is Ungoverned?
Introduction – The Secret I know the secret to getting business people to tell us why they need Data Governance.…
Toward a Better Understanding of Metadata – Repository
The Metadata Repository offers a place to put stuff. It is inherently complex and requires careful management and administration. The…
Don’t Tell Management About Data Governance
In this excerpt from Bob Seiner's soon-to-be-released book, Bob tells us that sometimes it is helpful to consider what NOT…
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…
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…
It’s all in the Data: Everybody is a Data Steward (Get Over It)
A Data Steward is someone that has formal accountability for data in the organization. I say that everybody in the…