Data Governance Part III: Two Worlds of Data Governance: Managing Data from the Top and Bottom

Feb 09, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Industry Insights

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Abstract: This article describes the top-down and bottom-up worlds of data governance and how they play off each other. In the top-down world, governing committees or boards define the meaning of key data elements, along with policies, processes, and procedures to govern changes, troubleshoot...

Data Governance Part II: How to Create a Common Data Vocabulary

Feb 07, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in Industry Insights

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This article addresses the key challenge facing most global companies: lack of a common vocabulary for doing business. Internally, companies are a proverbial tower of Babel, communicating at cross-purposes with data and metrics that are inconsistently or ambiguously defined. This article provides...

Data Governance Part I: Data's Evil Twins: Definitions and Duplicates

Feb 06, 2014 by Wayne Eckerson in AI-Analytics-Big Data-IoT Avenger

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Most of my clients recognize the value of data—or rather, the pain of inconsistent and poor quality data.  This article discusses the two of the biggest pains and drains on business organizations to gathering data - definitions and duplicates. Through the creation of cross-functional,...

The BI Tools Landscape: And How to Dominate It

Mar 14, 2013 by Wayne Eckerson in Data Strategy Insider

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The market for business intelligence (BI) tools is crowded. There are many technologies and products clamoring for customer attention. Figure 1 below shows ten categories of BI technology that exist in the market today, most of which overlap to some degree. Organizations need each of these...