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 …
The Small World of Data Quality
By Danette McGilvray, Granite Falls Consulting, Inc Most of us are familiar with the phrase “It’s a Small World” made famous by the Disney song of the same name. We …
Dashboarding is much like knitting
An immensely useful invention. By Michiel Heyns van Staden, Data Strategy, Solutions and Analytics Lead, Absa Group Being able to visualise often complex information in a succinct way, with the …
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, …
Where will our insights come from?
By MH van Staden MIT Big Data Science in progress Data Strategy, Solutions & Analytics Lead, Everyday Banking Insights do not come from data. Often business stakeholders will cast their …
Data management framework: what, why, and how?
Article by Irina Steenbeek, Managing Director, Data Crossroads. We, data management professionals, often use the term “data management framework.” But do we all have the same understanding of its meaning …
Data lineage: the needs of and benefits to various stakeholders
Article by Irina Steenbeek, Managing Director, Data Crossroads. Data lineage is on the radars of business and data management professionals now more than ever. Many companies understand how necessary it …
The Rocky Horror Data Show: Disastrous data definitions…
By Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach Data shouldn’t be a wild and untamed thing, but sometimes it is just that – wild… and untamed. And unfortunately for our friend …
What to do with data
Everybody is doing it. Having individuals with data specific roles, or even entire teams focusing on data functions, has become commonplace in many organisations. It is now common practice to …
Data and Information – Assets to Be Managed
Following is an excerpt from Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information™, 2nd Ed. (Elsevier/Academic Press, 2021) by Danette McGilvray. What can we do to …
Developing data individuals to build successful teams
Blog post by Michiel van Staden Data Strategy, Solutions & Analytics Lead, Absa Group In data, there are often so many technical aspects to get your head around. One can …
Data in the middle
Building a collaborative data culture at News UK Written by Joe Bullock, Lead Business Analyst in the Data Platforms Team at News UK News UK is home to some of …
Data Fluency: Empowering Your Data-Driven Organization
Article written by Ben Herzberg, Chief Scientist of Satori We live in a data-driven world. From the first moment we learn to speak, we are inundated with data: numbers, measurements, …
Using Data Lineage in a Hybrid BI Environment
Octopai will be exhibiting at the following conferences: Data Governance Conference & Master Data Management Summit Europe – 16-19 May 2022 Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence & Analytics Conference Europe …
Dodging a Data-Driven Debacle – A 2015 Memory Still Valid
Dr. Barry Devlin, Founder and Principal, 9sight Consulting Barry Devlin will be presenting the virtual public course: Essentials of Data Warehouses, Lakes and BI in Digital Business – 15-16 March …
Embedding a new BI tool
Michiel van Staden, Data Analytics Lead, Absa Michiel will be speaking at the IRM UK Data Governance, Master Data Management, Enterprise Data and Business Intelligence & Analytics Conferences Europe 15-17 …
Data Governance Building Blocks
In order to have a successful Enterprise Information Management (EIM) and data management program companies need to ensure that they are properly executing the fundamental building blocks of these initiatives. …
Showing The Business Impact Of Data Quality
Some years ago, my husband and I were watching TV when a news flash broke into the regular programming. There was a gas explosion in a residential neighborhood across the …
Developing A New BI Tool
A lot goes into selecting a new BI tool. I’ve written a separate article covering some details around those considerations that can be accessed here. Michiel van Staden, Data Analytics …
When Good Data Goes Bad
Data doesn’t really “go” bad, of course. At least, not in the way that leftovers in the refrigerator do. Sometimes data just starts off bad and gets worse. Other times, …