By Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach. One: There are different understandings of the terminology within the same organisation Most organisations are full of lots of jargon and terminology which …
What is a Data Domain?
By Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach, Nicola Askham Ltd This is a very short and succinct question, and I thought the answer was likely to be the same. However, …
You Can’t Buy a Data Fabric!
By Rick F. van der Lans, Founder of R20/Consultancy BV, Ambassador of Axians Business Analytics Laren You can buy an ETL tool, a reporting tool, and a database server, but …
What the Data and Tech Industries Are Doing to Support Ukraine
By Nicola Askman, DataIQ 100 2022 | Award Winning Data Governance Training | Consultant | Coaching | Data Governance Expert | D.A.T.A Founding Committee Like people and industries across the …
Even AI needs interpersonal skills
By MH van Staden, Data Analytics Leader of the Year 2020, Speaker, Writer, Mentor and Coach What is this AI everybody is talking about? Well that probably depends on who …
The Celestial Emporium of Benevolent Knowledge
Taxonomies are everywhere in Information Management, but are hardly ever formally acknowledged and managed. Most code tables (lookup tables) contain taxonomies – perhaps even the overwhelming majority. Yet we seem …
5 Vital Aspects of Smooth Change Management When Implementing New Software
Changes to business software and underlying business processes will elicit a variety of responses from employees. Many will embrace change, while others will resist. A significant part of change management …
Doing Well By Doing Good
The world of business is coming under greater public and political scrutiny than ever before. Companies must act now to ensure a positive environmental and social impact, or risk having …
Do You Really Understand Your Business? Business Architecture To The Rescue!
In my years as a practicing Process and Business Architect I have seen ideas, models and methods evolve dramatically. We have always known that we need to get some grip …
BA Communities of Practice – Sweet Success Cannot be Achieved Alone
The term “Communities Of Practice” has not been around for that long in comparison to the word “Community” for sure, and the notion of the latter has been prevalent long …
The Buried Treasure of Enterprise Architecture
Enterprises make architectural investments, whether or not they have an architecture team. Yet, executives can often find it hard to put a value on those investments, or even know which …
Business Process Modelling Patterns
Reusable process model fragments for business users. The idea of a pattern language, which originates in a 1977 book about buildings and their architecture, translates easily to other kinds of …