I’ve been making the point in the past several years that master data management (MDM) development projects are different, and are accompanied by unique challenges. Because of…
There are far too many data warehouse development teams solely focused on loading data. They’ve completely lost sight of their success metrics. Why have they fallen into…
I’ve always been a little jealous of ERP development teams. They operate on the premise that you have to standardize business processes across the enterprise. Every process…
In the motion picture industry, studios separate responsibilities for creating content from responsibilities for distributing content. The people who make the movies option the scripts, hire the…
One of many discussions I heard over Thanksgiving turkey was, “How could the government have let the financial crisis happen?” To which the most frequent response was…
When it comes to bad data, a lot of the problem stems from companies letting their developers off the hook. That’s right. When it comes to…
On the publication of my new Informatica white paper, titled “Master Data Management: Building a Foundation for Success,” I’ve been talking to several clients and vendors wanting…
A few years ago, a mission to Mars failed because someone forgot to convert U.S. measurement units to metric measurement units. Miles weren’t converted to kilometers.I thought…
At a client meeting recently I was informed that the company had over 150 business analysts. Even the client’s business executives acknowledged this to be true. But…
A recent client experience reminds me what I’ve always said about data quality: it isn’t the same as data perfection. After all, how could it be? A…
