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…
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It’s All in the Data: Go Jump in a Lake
You’ve all heard the expression before: “Go jump in a lake.” It means the same thing as “Get outta town”…
Non-Invasive Data Governance A to Z
This article by Bob Seiner is a brief attempt to associate important Data Governance Terms to each letter of the…
Saving a Failing Data Governance Program
Data Governance programs tend to take a long time to get started, to gain momentum and to demonstrate measurable value…
Data is the New Bacon
Data is hot because … everything seems to always come back to the data. And there is so much of…
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,…
Data Governance – The Army Way
I conducted this interview with Brigadier Richard Nugee of the British Army a few years back. The interview took place…
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…
Implement Data Governance Using the Hammer or the Soft Cushion
Oh no! Not the soft cushion! Some people may recognize the use of the soft cushion as a torturous poking…
What Does It Mean to “Govern Data”?
Once you have answered the question of what it means to Ògovern data,Ó the next question they will ask is…