The Good Data
When I was growing up, my family had a cabinet filled with “the good dishes” that were reserved for use…
A Confederacy of Data Defects
One of my favorite novels is A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole. The novel tells the tragicomic tale…
‘Tis the Season for Data Quality
‘Tis the season for getting holiday greeting cards, and not only from family and friends, since many companies also like…
Big Data. New Physics.
I spoke at Defrag 2010 earlier today and introduced what I am describing as the new physics of big data.…
The Data Outhouse
This is a screen capture of the results of last week’s unscientific data quality poll where it was noted that…
Spinal Tap and The Art of Data Management
Here’s a dirty little about data management: It’s about art as well as science. In this post, I discuss how…
DQ-Poll: Data Warehouse or Data Outhouse?
In many organizations, a data warehouse is the only system where data from numerous and disparate operational sources has been…
DQ-View: From Data to Decision
As I posted in The Circle of Quality, an organization’s success is measured by its business results, which are dependent…
Quality and Governance are Beyond the Data
Last week’s episode of DM Radio on Information Management, co-hosted as always by Eric Kavanagh and Jim Ericson, was a…
The Data Quality of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray was a 19th century novel written by Oscar Wilde, which told the story of a…
