Building a Data Governance Organization

Dec 15, 2014 by Dan Power in Information Governance

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I’m often asked how many data stewards a company needs.  Depending on the degree of complexity in the company, the degree of automation, what data quality tools are available, and the major processes around the enterprise, that number is going to vary.  This article provides some thoughts to keep...

Business Intel SWAT Team to the Rescue - Crisis Management

Oct 01, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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Learn the benefits of creating Business Intelligence SWAT team. Modeled after police SWAT units, a BI SWAT saves a BI program that suffers inefficiencies.

Utopian Vistas

Aug 26, 2014 by Barry Devlin in Information Architecture

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This article is taken from the closing section of the book “Business unIntelligence: Insight and Innovation Beyond Analytics and Big Data”, by Barry Devlin, Technics Publications, 2013. It is a heartfelt plea for sanity and symbiosis between business and IT in the emerging world of instant...

Three Keys to Scorecard Bliss

May 12, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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A scorecard is a powerful tool for aligning an organization and driving change. In many ways, it’s a visual representation of an organization’s strategy, tailored to every department and individual. But organizations (and the individuals that comprise them) hate to change. This article examines...

Making Predictive Analytics Pervasive

Feb 18, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Industry Insights

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There is a lot of buzz around analytics in general and predictive analytics in particular.  Companies today are using predictive analytics to address a wide range of problems.  Despite this buzz, our data suggests that not much has changed in the past eight years in the evolution of predictive...