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Business Intelligence, Data Quality

How to survive the data revolution

Scott Taylor

May 29, 2019

Digital Transformation can mean a lot of different things to different people. But for everyone it means dealing with more data than ever before. Industry 4.0, Cloud, Big Data, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, blockchain, IoT (internet of things) and similar technological advancements are changing the very nature of commerce across every business sector in …read more

Do executives underestimate the costs of poor data quality?

Gordon Hamilton

May 22, 2019

In the first evening of my 6-week course on Data Quality Improvement I try to communicate the high cost of poor data quality (PDQ) to my students. Their eyes are usually starting to close while I cover the course administrative details as for most of them it has already been a hard week of working …read more

How to identify and reduce DW/ BI data quality risks

Wayne Yaddow

May 15, 2019

An introduction to DW/ BI data quality risk assessmentsData warehouse and business intelligence (DW/ BI) projects are showered with risks – from data quality in the warehouse to analytic values in BI reports. If not addressed properly, data quality risks can bring entire projects to a halt, leaving planners scrambling for cover, sponsors looking for …read more

5 topics to cover in data governance council meetings

May 8, 2019

I’m not a fan of meetings in general and data governance requires quite a few and they are always packed. To be as efficient as possible, you need an agenda, for the attendees to come prepared and for the chair to keep the meeting on schedule and within its scope. There are also a lot …read more

7 principles of data quality management

April 24, 2019

The principles of data quality management are a set of fundamental beliefs, standards, rules and values that are accepted as true and can be used as a foundation for guiding an organization’s data quality management. They have been adapted from ISO 9000 principles of quality management. These principles are not listed in an order based …read more

Business Intelligence

Data Governance, Data Stewardship

What Is ad hoc reporting?

Nicole Hitner

April 17, 2019

Ad hoc means “for this” in Latin and refers to something done for a specific purpose. Ad hoc reporting, then, is the process of creating reports for a specific occasion (as opposed to for general use). In business intelligence, ad hoc reporting supplements canned reports by enabling end users to either duplicate and edit premade …read more

3 surprising data roles you should know about

April 10, 2019

Throughout my career and experience within the data management and data governance industries, I always encounter interesting data roles and responsibilities. Is there a lot of overlap? Definitely! That’s why I think it is most important to focus on the meaning of the roles – their responsibilities. Let me also give you a tip: ” …read more

5 data integration processes prone to creating bad data quality