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It’s Hard to Do the Right Thing

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By Elliot King

This should come as no surprise to anybody, but data does not take care of itself.

In fact, by its very nature, data degrades; it is corrupted; it becomes stale and in many other ways loses its timeliness and value. The ongoing onslaught on the quality of corporate data may be nasty to think about, but it is a fact of life.

Communication is a Key to Data Quality

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By Elliot King

Too often, data quality is seen as a strictly technical issue. Data quality problems must be identified, assessed and then rectified, and that process is best managed by experts using the right tools.

But communication may be the most important element in a data quality program. A data quality program can only succeed if all the stakeholders understand the data quality program and play their role properly in executing it.

It Takes a Team

Blog Administrator | Analyzing Data Quality, Data Quality, Data Steward | data quality improvement program, data quality initiatives, data quality issues

By Elliot King

As the cliché has it, data is an organization’s most valuable asset. But the question is–who guards those corporate jewels? Is it the IT staff that is charged with making sure the information infrastructure supports the business correctly? Is it the database developers and administrators who are the front-line data professionals? Is it the business

users who need accurate data to make sure tasks are executed as anticipated?… Read More

What is a Data Steward and Do You Need One?

Blog Administrator | Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Data Steward | data lifecycle, data management, data quality initiatives, data stewardship, enterprise data

By Elliot King

The metaphor of “ownership” has become popular in organizations and their IT shops. Companies have “application owners” and projects that are “owned” by this or that group. So that raises the question, who “owns” your data?

The right answer is that nobody “owns” the data. Data is a resource that must be
shared across an organization. Data flows from the point of creation–perhaps
capturing contact information on a website or importing a third-party mailing
list–through staging, consumption, storage and archiving.… Read More