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 …
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 …
Finding Solutions In A Complex World
Every organization is adjusting to changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether experiencing breakdowns due to unexpected demand or scrambling to stay afloat, every organization is figuring out how to …
Are You New to Data Quality? Three Essential Best Practices
As I was growing up my mother was a fantastic seamstress. Depending on my needs at any point in time, she would make me school or casual clothes, a club …
Three Career Tips for Data Professionals
Are you as excited as I am to be a data professional? Are you one of the next generation of data professionals? Are you exploring the possibility of having data …
Are Data Quality Problems Impacting Your Organization?
Information quality problems are all around us. We feel the impact every day, even if we don’t recognize them as data quality issues. They range from seemingly innocent mistakes that …
The Leader’s Data Manifesto
All business leaders need to know something about their finances, their people, and the running of their organization. They understand that people and money have value and have to be …
Data Quality and the GDPR
What does the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) have to do with data quality? Plenty! Simply put, high quality data means that you have the right information available at the …
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 …
Data Quality – Why I Do What I Do
Data quality and governance might be one of the most unrecognized professions. Oftentimes, I find myself faced with the question “What do you do?” The underlying question is also “Why …