Data as an asset comes up a lot in conversations these days. Data Governance enters the picture because of the huge role Data Strategy plays in supporting the business strategy – and the need for that to happen without compromising data security, according to Mary Levins, Data Governance Principal at Sierra Creek Consulting. Among the […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced and Registration Open for the 2021 Data Architecture Online Event
May 18, 2021 — DATAVERSITY Education LLC announced the agenda and opened registration today for the third annual Data Architecture Online (DAO). This free online event will be held at dataarchitectureonline.com on July 14, 2021, from 8 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. One of several online events hosted by DATAVERSITY, DAO is designed to teach data […]
Tales of A Common Vocabulary, Data Quality, and Machine Learning, Oh My!
Order in the court! Order in the court! The case being heard is a serious one. The defendant—the Chief Data Architect of VeraVisionFake Inc.—is accused of having ignored the need to establish a valid and sound common data vocabulary in her organization. She is up against The Common Vocabulary Value regulatory agency, whose mission is […]
Increasing the Business Impact of Data Management Using Force-Field Analysis
Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. This article introduces Force-Field Analysis (FFA) [1], a tool that one of us (Tom) has used for many years to help understand and summarize the impacts of multiple factors in the data space. The goal is to equip readers […]
Do Fines Motivate Data Governance? Do the Math!
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. It’s hubris to think that the way we see things is everything there is.” — Lisa Randall Recently, Citi Group was fined $400 million by the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) “… related to deficiencies in […]
The Dangers of Data Illiteracy: Coronavirus and Data Distortions
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Len Silverston. People are unconsciously incompetent at communicating with data. This applies to our personal and professional lives. This ignorance creates an ethical issue that is profoundly important to all business and societal communities. This inability to understand and communicate with […]
Data Management Hasn’t Failed, but Data Management Storytelling Has
Click to learn more about author Scott Taylor. Let’s not kill the messengers; let’s fix the messaging! In their recently published declaration, Data Management Has Failed!, John Ladley, Tom Redman, and a host of other long-time DAMA leaders drafted a call-to-action recommending the “bold, powerful moves” needed to secure business leader support for Data Management. […]
Data Management has Failed! And Presented Us a Historic Opportunity
Click to learn more about co-author John Ladley. Click to learn more about co-author Thomas Redman. In addition to Tom and John, the following folks also contributed and co-authored this piece. We all feel it is time for Data Management to move “off of the beach.” Theresa Kushner is a Consultant for AI/Analytics at […]
Starting Your Data Governance Program
DATAVERSITY Live Online Training Four-Day Seminar Price: $2,000 Super Early Bird Price through August 28, 2020 $2,200 Early Bird Price through September 25, 2020 $2,400 after September 25, 2020 Seminar CEUs: 26Seminar Date: October 26 – 29, 2020Seminar Time: 11 AM – 6 PM Eastern / 8 AM – 3 PM Pacific How is your organization going […]
Graphic Art Facilitation at the DG Vision 2019 Conference
We invited Hannah Sanford from Hannah Sanford Studios to DATAVERSITY®’s inaugural DG Vision conference on December 9-12, 2019, in Washington, D.C. Hannah has worked with us at many conferences over the years, creating her illustrations of key presentations throughout each event. Her graphic facilitations are always popular with conference attendees and provide an eye-catching, visual […]