Information Quality Newsletter

Dear Information Professional,

Welcome to the latest edition of the Information Quality Newsletter, brought to you by the Business Intelligence Network! This newsletter delivers educational information and practical articles on the impact of information quality with business intelligence.

My article, The Economics of Information Quality, explains that the real value proposition for information quality is when we prevent the creation of defective information that causes processes to fail. I use an order fulfillment process example to illustrate the economics of process improvement. This illustrates the costs of ownership of poor quality information compared with the cost of process improvement to eliminate IQ problems.

In the second article, E-Government and Information Quality, Daragh O Brien explains why any e-government strategy will necessitate a change in culture to break down the barriers between departments to allow the necessary information to flow across the government "enterprise."

Please continue to use the Business Intelligence Network as your premier source for information quality, business intelligence, performance management and data warehousing.

Larry P. English

Larry English

About this Newsletter
The Information Quality Newsletter is anchored by Larry English. Its purpose is to reduce the high costs of low-quality information and data by applying sound quality management principles to the processes that create, maintain and deliver data and information. Larry is the cofounder of the International Association of Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) and is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality: Methods for Reducing Costs and Increasing Profits. Larry also provides consulting, education and management coaching to help organizations become intelligent learning organizations.

This newsletter features articles and opinions of the identified authors, which are not necessarily those of the Business Intelligence Network or Powell Media LLC.

In this issue

The Economics of Information Quality
by Larry English
Proactive process improvement is the heart of a sound quality environment.

E-Government and Information Quality
by Daragh O Brien
As Convenor of the IQ Network, a collaboration between the Irish Computer Society and the IAIDQ, Daragh O Brien provides his perspective on the challenges of addressing the information quality issues that underpin effective e-government.

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