One Saturday afternoon in the late-1970s, I was watching the Pittsburgh Pirates on the MLB Game of the Week. Partway through the game, rain started falling at the stadium. Umbrellas sprouted in the stands, but play continued, the players seemingly unaffected. A few minutes later the rain appeared to be Read more
I hate paying more than I have to for something. And I really hate paying interest, whether it’s on a credit card … or a loan … or Data Debt. Data Debt is the accumulation of unresolved data-related issues and unfinished information management activities. Think shortcuts taken in the interest Read more
Great question. After all, a Data Product Provider is responsible for: producing the content, ensuring its availability, and validating its correctness collecting the metadata and publishing it through the Data Product Catalog responding to questions and enhancement requests Or, more succinctly: content, curation, catalog, certification, and maintenance. Along the way Read more
Part 1 of the Hidden Costs of Migration introduced the key high-level challenge associated with hardware and software migration projects: They’re not change the business. They’re not run the business. They’re a full stop, with the expectation that progress will be faster when it’s finished. The objective, then, is to offset Read more