To Own or Not to Own Data
To own data or not to own data, that is the question. This question comes up often when I am…
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Data Governance Roles and Responsibilities
Roles and responsibilities are the backbone of a successful information or data governance program. To operate an efficient and effective…
All in the Data: CDOs Should Be Asking “How” … and Not “Why”
The secret lies with Data Governance. The Chief Data Officer (or whoever the Data Czar is at your organization) needs…
Your Metadata Will Not Govern Itself
Metadata Governance is easiest to understand when you separate the term into its two parts – Metadata and Data Governance.…
All in the Data: Negative Attitudes and the Four Horsemen of the Data Apocalypse
From time to time, TDAN.com polishes off oldie but goodie content. A regular columnist required time to address personal issues,…
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…
Look Out for These Six Data Mistakes
As a year-end activity, a lot of people write about the top-ten this and the top-ten that, from the year…
All in the Data: Time for a Data Intervention
Interventions are a systematic process of assessment and planning, employed to remediate or prevent a problem. The process is often…
Fix the “Data Situation”
What would you do with your data (i.e. what type of analytics would you run) if you had the data…