Steps to an Effective Data Governance Structure
The quality of data used in business is more important now than ever before. Accordingly, in order for organizations to…
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Broken Data – What You Don’t Know Will Hurt You – Part 1
The first step to fixing any problem is to understand that problem—this is a significant point of failure when it…
Data Professional Introspective: Data Architecture and the Role of Business
The phrase “data architecture” often has different connotations across an organization depending on where their job role is. For instance,…
Tips to Create Effective Data Quality Rules
You know you can rule the quality of your data. So why don’t you? Read on to learn simple but…
Data Professional Introspective: How to Tackle a Data Quality Strategy
Everyone talks about the importance of data quality, but no one does anything about it. Not anything much, that is. …
All in the Data: Achieving “Good Data” – Pt 3 Improving Data Usage
I mentioned in the earlier columns of this series (part 1, part 2) that organizations are focusing their data governance…
Data Management is Real; And Really Needed!
“Climate change doesn’t care whether you believe in it or not.” That is a quote I heard on the radio…
Make an Impact: Data Monetization Problems
“We just can’t find data to analyze!” “If only we had more data to work with!” “We’ve solved all of…
MDM Data Quality Standards
In the previous post, we discussed the emerging role of standards and the business drivers that influence an organization’s approach…
Data Professional Introspective: Accelerating Enterprise Data Quality
My recent columns have focused on actionable initiatives that can both deliver business value, providing a tangible achievement, and raise…