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Data Validation as Part of Your Data Governance Program Summary
 Steve Putman describes the benefits of a comprehensive data governance program and explains how the inclusion of a data validation component results in better data and a better overall data governance program.

Topics: Data Governance, Data Quality
by Steve Putman | 0 comments		 02-10-2011
Data Governance Next Practices: The 5 + 2 Model Summary
 There are five key critical success factors that are indispensable for any data governance effort. Read about them in this article that also discusses the optional secondary success factors.

Topics: Data Governance, Data Management, Data Stewardship
by Jill Dyché | 1 comment		 12-09-2010
How’s Your Data? The Problem with Self-Assessments Summary
 In his article, Jill Dyché discusses the problems with using internally administered surveys to determine the state of your organization's data quality. Often, the survey questions are so vague that you don't learn what you need to know, and some stakeholders could be unknowingly sabotaging the assessment.

Topics: Data Governance, Information Quality (IQ), Data Quality login required
by Jill Dyché | 0 comments		 08-25-2010
Data Governance or Bust: Assessing Whether Your Company is Really Ready for Data Governance Summary
 Data governance is the organizing framework for establishing strategy, objectives and policies for corporate data. This article poses five questions that will help evaluate your organization's readiness for data governance.

Topics: Data Governance, Business Intelligence, CRM, Master Data Management (MDM)
by Kimberly Nevala | 1 comment		 06-10-2010
Data Governance from the Ground Up: A Case Study Summary
 This article describes the data governance efforts of a Midwestern furniture manufacturer. This manufacturer turned to data governance because they could not afford to tolerate the waste and frustration of data quality issues that were eroding their ability to anticipate changes in the marketplace and perform competitively in a permanently changed economy.

Topics: Data Governance
by Carol Newcomb | 0 comments		 04-08-2010
Data Governance, Your Metrics Facilitator Summary
 Frank Dravis relates that if you find the questions that get asked often enough, you’ve found your key metrics. Determining the correct metrics is a core data governance function that helps establish the policy of what data to use in managing the business.

Topics: Data Governance, Data Stewardship
by Frank Dravis | 0 comments		 02-11-2010
The Last Mile in Data Governance Summary
 The effectiveness of every data governance and stewardship initiative rests on the entire organization’s awareness and willingness to help. Frank Dravis explains why every data governance initiative requires a public relations and education component.

Topics: Data Governance, Data Stewardship login required
by Frank Dravis | 0 comments		 12-10-2009
Budgeting Time for Data Stewardship Summary
 Frank Dravis identifies the two factors that need to be considered when projecting staff data stewardship headcounts.

Topics: Data Governance, Data Stewardship login required
by Frank Dravis | 1 comment		 10-15-2009
You Know It’s Good When You Like It Again Summary
 Frank Dravis describes his experiences with a project plan for a customer data warehouse implementation and describes how it validated his recent white paper on data governance and data management.

Topics: Information Management, Data Governance, Data Management
by Frank Dravis | 1 comment		 08-13-2009
When Data Can’t Be Trusted, Master Data Management Becomes “Plan B” Summary
 Jill Dyché explains why companies are turning to master data management when they discover they have many different versions of the same data.

Topics: Data Integration, Master Data Management (MDM)
by Jill Dyché | 0 comments		 08-04-2009
From Popcorn to Meat and Potatoes: Data Governance Evolves Summary
 Jill Dyché and Frank Dravis talk about the evolution of data governance and discuss what part of an organization should "own" the data governance effort.

Topics: Data Integration, Master Data Management (MDM)
by Frank Dravis, Jill Dyché | 1 comment		 06-10-2009
An Easier Way to Enforce Data Governance Compliance Summary
 Joy Medved explains how an automated process management system can decrease the time and effort required to manage data governance and significantly increase the effectiveness of compliance enforcement.

Topics: Information Management, Data Governance
by Joy Medved | 1 comment		 02-11-2009
Confessions of a Data Governance Sponsor Summary
 Jill Dyché provides a cautionary tale for those of you on the brink of enlisting the business in a data governance effort or for those on the business side considering launching an effort of your own.

Topics: Information Management, Data Governance
by Jill Dyché | 0 comments		 12-10-2008
The Sweet 16: Emerging Best Practices in Data Governance, Part 2 Summary
 In this issue of the Jill Dyché Data Governance newsletter, Jill’s colleague Michael Lombard continues to describe a set of 16 data governance best practices. In this issue, he introduces the category of “operational” best practices.

Topics: Information Management, Data Governance
by Michael Lombard | 0 comments		 11-12-2008
The Sweet 16: Emerging Best Practices in Data Governance, Part 1 Summary
 Part 1 of this two-part article on data governance best practices introduces the driving forces behind data governance and provides developmental best practices.

Topics: Information Management, Data Governance
by Michael Lombard | 0 comments		 10-08-2008

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