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 referred to as “idiot lights.” Dashboard warning lights were introduced 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 my favorites are the wooden ones built in the 1920s. 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…
Peter Drucker famously said that “culture eats strategy for breakfast.” Well, he didn’t really say that. Sort of the same way that Humphrey Bogart never said “Play it again Sam” in Casablanca. Drucker actually said, “Culture, no matter how defined, is singularly persistent.” Not nearly as catchy. But either way, Read more…