“Data Governance is like Lord of the Rings. You are on a journey to cast obfuscation and bad decisions into the fires of Mount Doom. To succeed in this quest, you will need a fellowship of data” said Mark Horseman, Data Enthusiast at the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT), in his presentation titled Socializing […]
Case Study: Building a Business Intelligence Team with Confidence and Transparency
Meeting the company’s goals is the responsibility of everyone in the organization, so even those who aren’t directly influencing the cost or the revenue side should know what those goals are. “No matter who you are, you are directly or indirectly affecting key company metrics,” said Vanessa Lam, Business Intelligence Manager for Optoro. Lam shared […]
Building Data Definition Consensus
Data definitions are about a business creating a common vocabulary in a common language. They’re about how the organization thinks about itself. Take product data: The business needs to know what products it sells, how they can be categorized, what needs to be understood about that, who has financial responsibility for them, and why it […]
Put Your Data To Work with DAMA Phil
Click to learn more about video blogger Scott Taylor. The Data Rants video blog series begins with host Scott Taylor “The Data Whisperer.” The series covers some of the most prominent questions in Data Management such as Master Data, Chief Data Officers, Data Quality, the difference between Master Data and MDM, “truth” versus “meaning” in […]
Ease into Data Governance with a Data Quality Pilot
In the banking or pharmacy industry where regulations compel companies to have good governance in place, in industries such as publishing and telecom Data Governance often seems complicated and theoretical. That’s according to Sara Willovit, Product Data Governance at Becton Dickenson. Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World Conference, during her presentation titled Using Data […]
Enterprise Data World 2019: Gorillas, Puzzles, Courtrooms, and Hats
“Context: Better understanding something by taking into account the things around it,” said Jeff Jonas during his Wednesday afternoon keynote at the 23rd annual Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2019 Conference (co-presented with DAMA International) from March 17-22, 2019 at the Sheraton Boston Hotel in Boston, MA. Context is the key that allows data professionals, and […]
Graphic Art Recordings at Enterprise Data World 2019
For the fourth year in a row, Hannah Sanford of Hannah Sanford Studios wowed the crowd at the Enterprise Data World Conference by graphically recording many of the key conference sessions. Her illustrations present a visual storyboard of the primary elements discussed during a given presentation, with the most important points detailed in a fascinating […]
Data Governance: A Look Ahead from the Front Lines
When it comes to Data Governance and Data Management programs, the enterprise needs to be thinking about today – and tomorrow. Data Governance leaders at financial services and planning organization TIAA are wrestling with the increasing pace of change and what its impact will be on current management and governance models. “The digital world is […]
Enterprise Data World 2018: Illuminating the Data Cave
In his Monday evening lighting talk at the Enterprise Data World (EDW) 2018 Conference, Daragh O’Brien remarked that coming to a conference like EDW is similar to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. It’s an opportunity to get out of the caves of our day jobs, move into the light, gain new frames of reference, and […]
Graphic Art Recordings and Data Management Education at Enterprise Data World 2018
We invited Hannah Sanford back for her third year of Graphic Recording (also called Graphic Facilitation) at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2018 Conference from April 22-27 in San Diego, CA. Her ability to skillfully illustrate the essence of many of the conference presentations throughout the event has become quite popular with attendees and presenters […]