Inch by inch, step by step, block by block – that’s how you build a business case for Data Management. What those inches, steps, and blocks will look like depends in large part on the organizational maturity of the business with regard to Data Management. In more mature businesses, it’s easier to make the case […]
Data Quality’s Importance to Blockchain
What’s the connection between Data Quality and Blockchain? Dan Myers, principal information quality educator at DQMatters and the publisher of The Conformed Dimensions of Data Quality — which seeks to align the Data Management community by using common definitions — addressed the issue during his Enterprise Data World Conference presentation titled “Improved Data Quality Implications […]
Press Release: The 2021 Enterprise Data World Conference Is Now Accepting Presentation Proposals
August 19, 2020 – DATAVERSITY Education, LLC, and DAMA International opened the Call for Presentations today for the 25th annual Enterprise Data World Conference (EDW), which will be held April 18-23, 2021, at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, Calif. Proposals must be received by October 9, 2020, in order to be considered. For […]
Press Release: 24th Annual Enterprise Data World Conference Rescheduled for October
DATAVERSITY Education, LLC and DAMA International have officially rescheduled the 24th annual Enterprise Data World Conference (EDW) and announced the updated agenda. The rescheduled event will be merged with DATAVERSITY’s 2020 Data Architecture Summit (DAS) and be held October 18-23, 2020, at the Drake Hotel in Chicago, Illinois. For more details about the program, speakers, […]
Socializing Data Governance: Utilizing a Common Data Matrix
“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 […]
Press Release: Agenda Announced for the 24th Annual Enterprise Data World Conference
October 2, 2019– DATAVERSITY Education, LLC and DAMA International announced the agenda and opened registration today for the 24th annual Enterprise Data World Conference (EDW). The event will be held March 22-27, 2020, at the Sheraton Hotel & Marina in San Diego, Calif. For more details about the program, speakers, registration options, and venue, visit http://enterprisedataworld.com. […]