IData Insights

In a recent webinar we covered tips for writing great business glossary definitions. Click here to access the recording. In this blog post we thought we would cover some principles and thoughts on...

Data governance and data intelligence helps your organization with your typical data situations. This blog post reminds you to review your various data situations (or maybe you call them use cases)...

Reference data lists are used from a data governance perspective in a variety of places including definitional, quality, reporting, integration, and standards. Previously we covered what is reference...

In this blog post we will cover what is reference data by giving some examples and some general guidelines. The most common use of reference data are code values or lookup values. The dropdown lists...

What is it that you want to track in a data system inventory? It’s a lot of information. In this blog post we cover this by discussing the ten levels of data system inventory complexity. They get...

There is a potential enormous impact when a reference data list or valid value list is changed. Some changes more than others. And you need to be prepared. But, as a rule, lots of things happen if...

We say that “Data governance is about best practices designed to help people access, understand, connect, protect, and effectively use your organization's data across all systems”. The key words are ...

Data at the beginning of the line usually changes by the time it gets to the end of the line. You need to understand the changes that occur. All organizations, including higher education...

In this blog post we will discuss the purpose of a data governance (or data intelligence) initiative assessment so that you can create a plan. First, you will need to assess your current situation...

When we talk about best practices in data governance (or data intelligence), we separate it into two main areas: framework (the how) and content (the what). This blog post will discuss these 2 areas...

What do we mean by data governance (and data intelligence) and why does data governance matter?  This blog post answers both of these questions.

What are the best sources of definition content for your glossary? This post discusses several sources including: your most popular reports, pre-existing local glossaries, data dictionaries provided...

There are five key elements (goals, buy-in, content, process, champions) that we say are needed for data governance (and data intelligence) success for organizations which we will cover in this blog...

We are firm believers that organizations should practice just-in-time data governance (or just-in-time data intelligence) which has an empowered committee to handle policy and vision as well as...

There is a great deal of content in data governance and data intelligence. And there needs to be agreement on what we are governing. There are 12 key areas of content which we will cover in this blog...

An earlier blog post summarized a method that listed 6 components to consider when writing a good business glossary definition. Another earlier post discussed the first component which is "uniqueness...

One of the three components of a data governance (data intelligence) framework is having a communication process which includes facilitating just-in-time data governance, supporting data governance...

Ironically, when we use the phrase "road map" to describe anything other than travel, what we're talking about is not really much of a map, and it generally doesn't even have roads! Instead it has...

One of the three components of the data governance (data intelligence) framework is having a knowledge base, a central repository, that is open to all consumers and creators. This blog post is about...

An earlier blog post summarized a method that listed 6 components to consider when writing a good business glossary definition. Now I want to discuss the first of the six components in more detail....

One of the three components of a data governance (data intelligence) framework is data stewardship which is defining and establishing stewardship. Stewardship involves people and these individuals...

We hope everyone is staying home and staying safe, as much as possible. Being data-minded, we've of course been following the COVID-19 charts, graphs, and projections closely. Huge amounts of data...

A business glossary is a major component within a data governance (or data intelligence) initiative. Glossary entries consist of a name and a functional definition. The purpose of a functional...

Data governance (also called data intelligence), while beneficial, is a lot of work. And many are waiting for that large project to be done but there are many small tasks that can be done to get the...

Change is afoot..... - Those of you who are old enough may remember going to the library and looking up materials in a printed "card catalog," and perhaps going to the shelves and hoping to find the...