Listen to this article: Through several articles this year, I’ve laid out a process for implementing Data Products, from Phase Negative One to Phase Five. Wouldn’t it be great it projects could be run that way? Everyone is aligned before we start, roles and responsibilities are clearly assigned, we don’t Read more
Listen to this article: I was introduced to R.E.M. my freshman year in college. They played at Page Auditorium on campus about a month into the school year. The guy in the dorm room next door spent the rest of the semester practicing the bass part for “Radio Free Europe.” Read more
Listen to this article: They probably are. That’s right, I said it. Most Data Quality metrics are useless. Of course, that assumes that you have any to begin with. And by the time you finish this article you’ll agree with me. Maybe it won’t even take that long. Let’s start Read more
Listen to this article: Imagine it’s all done. Well, it’s never all done, but imagine it’s all there: definitions, expected content, data models, profiling, documentation, support processes. Everything we’ve spent so much time trying to make happen. It’s all there. What now? Take a minute and try to imagine it. Read more
Listen to this article: Corporate leadership doesn’t care about data in the same way that we do, nor should they. They don’t care about the details of Data Governance or Data Quality. Certainly not data models. They don’t (or shouldn’t) select hardware, software, or database platforms. They shouldn’t be approving Read more
Listen to this article: In an earlier article, I highlighted the approach that some companies are taking of allowing, and in some cases encouraging, uncontrolled data replication. Replication may be an intentional executive strategy, although experience suggests it might not be the smartest strategy. Replication may also be a byproduct Read more
Listen to this article: Last week was the DGIQ-EDW conference in San Diego. It’s one of the leading industry conferences for data professionals, focusing on practical enterprise topics like AI governance, data architecture, stewardship, and organizational strategy. If you’ve never been I very highly recommend it. My agenda included teaching Read more
Listen to this article: Show of hands: how many of you have ever heard corporate leadership say something like, “We are moving everything into the cloud and closing down our data center so we can scale faster and save money”? Maybe you heard the slightly constrained corollary, “We are moving Read more
Listen to this article: One of the most frequently quoted passages in the Bible, especially at funerals, is the 23rd Psalm. It comforts those who are mourning, reassuring them of God’s presence even through life’s most difficult times. Except that’s not how I understood it growing up. In fact, I Read more
Listen to this article: Do you listen to the Rock Bottom Data Feed? If you don’t, you should. It’s a serious show about data that doesn’t take itself too seriously; more of a radio program than a podcast. My co-host, John Ladley, in his monologue for the recent episode “More Fuss About Tony Read more