Trying to sell Data Governance to corporate leadership is a rite of passage for data professionals…like the Kobayashi Maru test from Star Trek. You’re invited to pitch your proposal. You show slides with councils and processes and RACI charts. In Read more
This is the second part of a multi-part series discussing Data Quality and the ISO 25000 series standard. The first installment in this series introduced the ISO 25000 series standard (System and Software Engineering — Systems and Software Quality Requirements Read more
This is the first part of a multi-part series exploring Data Quality and the ISO 25000 series standard. In the 1964 dark comedy Dr. Strangelove, or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb, General Jack D. Ripper Read more
If you’ve not been in New Orleans during Carnival Season, or if you’ve only been in the French Quarter, my guess is that your perception of Mardi Gras is similar to what mine was: raucous and rowdy, with wall to Read more
Data Products are a bigger deal for you (and your company) than AI. You’ll see what I mean shortly. When I first started writing about Data Products, I mentioned my excitement at how information management had finally become the next Read more
It couldn’t be simpler. When there’s a problem with the car, a light on the dashboard illuminates. It could be the oil pressure. Or the tire pressure. Or the battery. Or the engine temperature. Or the engine. Collectively these are Read more
A few years ago, while visiting back home in Pittsburgh, a friend and I spent the day at Kennywood Park, a 125-year-old amusement park about 8 miles from downtown. It has one of the country’s best steel roller coasters, but Read more
Happy New Year, and welcome back to the Reservoir of Ideas. OK, enough pleasantries. I’m going to spend the first part of this year exploring the following observation: Many, if not most organizations have been struggling with the same Information Read more
Last week was a (half) marathon. The rest of Christmastime is a sprint. And the season seems to be passing alarmingly fast this year. Turns out, that’s not just perception, it’s fact. Thanksgiving in the United States falls on the Read more
Each race has its own personality. At least so far. I haven’t done enough that they run together. This was my fifth year participating in St. Jude Marathon Weekend. The first year was to try to stay active during COVID, Read more