The world revolves around the work of unsung heroes. Sure, some people get their share of the limelight and the admiration of their employers and peers. But, every day, most people go about their job, doing the best that they can – and do so in relative anonymity. Unfortunately, the
Is big data becoming too big to ignore? An increasing number of organizations seem to think so. As Matt Asay on ReadWriteWeb writes: According to a recent Gartner report, 64% of enterprises surveyed indicate that they're deploying or planning Big Data projects (emphasis mine). Yet even more acknowledge that they
In physics, antimatter has the same mass, but opposite charge, of matter. Collisions between matter and antimatter lead to the annihilation of both, the end result of which is a release of energy available to do work. In this blog series, I will use antimatter as a metaphor for a
In my last post, I suggested that there is a difference between data attributes used for unique identification and those used for attribution to facilitate customer segmentation and classification. An example of some attributes used for segmentation are those associated with location, such as home address or package delivery address.
Do you have a vision for master data for the next two years? Five years? Ten years? Do you have a "workable" strategy (you know, a strategy that will work for your company)? Master data should be the backbone of any organization, and part of any data strategy. It should feed business intelligence with important
Early in my career, I spent a great deal of time looking at and analyzing employee compensation data. Among my early discoveries: even the secretaries in Hawaii make a great deal of money. (The cost of living is quite high there, I'm told.) While I've since moved on to other
In physics, antimatter has the same mass, but opposite charge, of matter. Collisions between matter and antimatter lead to the annihilation of both, the end result of which is a release of energy available to do work. In this blog series, I will use antimatter as a metaphor for a
If a key concept of customer centricity is understanding relationship networks and any individual’s sphere of influence, it is critical that the organization of the data incorporate two different aspects of these networks. The first is the concept of a relationship, which can bind a customer to some other entity
The second part of my data governance primer series addresses ways to "mind your metadata." I can just hear the collective groans, and perhaps a stifled yawn. Sorry, but metadata collection is one of those necessary evils that may not be fun, but having it available as a resource to
Root-cause analysis is a core technique of all data quality improvement initiatives. You can’t improve a situation unless you know what is causing it to happen in the first place. There are many different techniques for root-cause analysis. Recently I discussed the 5 Why’s technique and how to improve it
