Being a Chief Data Officer in the current climate is a rather interesting place to be, it can feel a little like dancing on quicksand while you have to learn …
You Must Become a Disruptor
We have seen more change in the last 18 months than in the previous ten years. It feels as if the time to implement change has dropped to almost nothing …
DAMA International’s Certified Data Management Professional Program
DAMA International is the global membership organisation for Data Management professionals and has been around as a central organisation for close on 30 years (first chapter opened in 1980). As …
Predicting the Future With Our Robot Overlords
So, you want to predict the future, make the right calls and die happy? Well, you’ll need to build a robot overlord to help you. You can get a sense …
The Chief Data Officer “Sweet Spot”
I verbally “scribbled” something quite like the exhibit above recently in conversation with a longstanding professional associate. This was while we were discussing where the CDO role currently sat in …
Developing your Process Architecture: It’s all About Your Work
Introduction In the first article of this series, I discussed the current interest in Business Architecture that has been brewing in the last little while and also discussed some of …
The Mythic Business Analyst: The Next Evolution of the BA Role
I have been interested in myths and legends for as long as I can remember, thrilling to the adventures of the heroes and heroines that battled the forces of darkness, …
Social Media Analytics tools – 2016 Map
The growth of social media over the past decade has significantly influenced the way companies can listen and engage with their customers. For companies already embarked on the Big Data …
Change is a constant… not!
“Change is a constant!” I have lost count of how many times I have been saying that, with eyes rolling up and body shrugging in resignation to the inescapable action …
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 Power of Small Efforts for Data Professionals
As a data professional, do you ever get the feeling that there’s just too much to be done? A feeling of being overwhelmed is often paralyzing. Sometimes necessary steps are …
The Big BI Dilemma
Every technology, every architecture, and every design technique has an expiration date. And this is very true for the world of information technology. It would be inconceivable if assembler languages, …
Paper on the Case of Customer Recruitment Processes: Dynamic Evolution of CRM Resource
This study is borne from a concern that organisations continue to invest significantly in CRM systems that are redundant by the time they are launched. This is because these systems …
Dashboard Best Practice Guide
What is a dashboard? A dashboard visually displays multiple reports on a single page, allowing you to monitor your most important metrics at a glance. Dashboards are the perfect way …
Crossing the Data Delta
If you are a large enterprise about to invest in Big Data, BI, Data Governance or MDM, leverage best practice by having your key staff read this book. Of all …
Traceability is Vital in Harsh Conditions!
Adam and Ben, the two CIOs from rival companies eyed each other head to toe as they entered the main conference hall from two different entrances, not deliberate but a …
GDPR, Brexit, Ethics, and Agile: Oh My!
The GDPR and Brexit create a bit of a “perfect storm” for UK businesses. One thing is clear: GDPR, and its risk management approach to data privacy, will be in force …
Building Data Castles in the Air?
In the halcyon days of my youth one of my favourite songs was Don McLean’s ‘Castles in the Air’. It highlighted McClean’s emotional dislocation between his desire to lead a …
Gorilla vs. Guerilla Modelling
I often run sessions at which a range of people, from individual contributors and subject matter experts, through to senior managers and even CxO-level executives (CEO, CFO, …) eagerly and …
Reinventing IT: How Strategic Enterprise Design Leads Digital Transformation
Enterprise IT is broken. Ask any person in “the business” – and to IT that means anyone else – what they think about IT, and you get a blank stare …