Hidden Costs of Duplicate Data

Jan 22, 2015 by Dan Power in Information Governance

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A client asked me once about what rate of duplicate data was “normal” in customer master data. My initial answer was that, among companies that don’t have any formal master data management, data governance or data quality initiatives in place, duplication rates of 10%-30% (or more) are not...

Secrets of Successful Data Governance

Jan 22, 2015 by Dan Power in Information Governance

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Now that we have talked about the role of organizational change and education, readiness assessment, developing a strategic roadmap, creating a business case, and designing the Data Governance initiative before trying to execute on it, it’s time to talk about the implementation process itself.At...

BI Benefits in Reach for SMBs, But Some Effort Required

Jan 22, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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Successful BI for small and midsize businesses isn’t just about implementing software. They have work to do before deployments to make sure systems will be readily adopted and produce valid results.The business intelligence (BI) market is flooded with software packages targeted at small and...

No more shortcuts: Sound data quality strategy a must for BI success

Jan 22, 2015 by Lyndsay Wise in Midmarket Analytics

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In the past, companies might have gotten away with not building data quality efforts into business intelligence programs. That's less likely now.As business intelligence and analytics adoption expands within organizations, there's a natural push from business users to add more types of data from...

Everyone Should Have OKRs! Q&A with a Googler

Jan 21, 2015 by Ben Lamorte in Enterprise Goal Management

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Google introduced me to Niket Desai by fate. I googled the term “OKRs template” and Niket’s OKRs template popped up #1. I’m pleased to share this Q&A with Niket on his amazing journey with OKRs as a successful entrepreneur, Googler, and an investor. Niket believes everyone should have some...