Design of the data warehouse for staging, the lowest level of granularity (history), and the data marts has to be tuned based on how these levels are used. Let’s evaluate some characteristics about each level. STAGING – Staging areas are used as a place to land data for propagation and integration
In my previous post, I outlined the main components needed for a phased approach to MDM. Now, let's talk about some of the other issues around approaching MDM: data governance and the move to enterprise MDM. Where does governance come in? Throughout your MDM program, it's important that deep expertise
I’m continuing my series on practical techniques that anyone can use to leverage data quality for bottom-line gains. Last week I talked about the link between data quality and service consistency, giving you some tips on how to improve both. This week I want to talk about a simple technique
As I responded to the final edits on The Visual Organization, I couldn't help but reflect a bit. We've come so far since the 1990s with primitive Excel bar and pie charts. Now more than ever, it's easy to create visually compelling graphics that tell a story. Heat maps, tree maps, choropleths
In my previous post, I talked about planning your MDM initiative and the importance of data quality and data governance to the effort. Today, we're going to drill in a bit into Master Data Management Foundations, a SAS offering unique in the marketplace that serves as a bridge between data
This is the time of year when we like to make predictions about the upcoming year. Although I am optimistic about the potential of predictive analytics in the era of big data, I am also realistic about the nature of predictability regardless of how much data is used. For example, in
In my last post I introduced the term “behavior architecture,” and this time I would like to explore what that concept means. One approach is to start with the basics: given a business process with a set of decision points and a number of participants, the behavior architecture is the
The "Internet of Things" is the latest buzzword characterizing the machine-generated big data that has outstripped our ability to derive value from it. Think of UPS delivering 16 million packages every day through various hubs and all the logistics and decisioning that goes into that. But how does an organization
I work with some fabulous people! They are team players, motivated and ready to take on the world. These are the Millennial Generation or Generation Y. These people were born in the technology age and expect data to be at their fingertips, which gives information technology (IT) a bit of heartburn when it comes
My new favorite game is quite addictive, simple and, believe it or not, free. I call it "Stumped by Google Autocomplete." Here's how it works: type any word or phrase into Google, and see what Google suggests with it's Autocomplete function. Like all things Google, this feature learns from searches
