Reference data is the forgotten content in data governance. It needs to be documented and managed just like business glossary definitions and report specifications. Over time we have gathered...
October 20, 2020
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Jim Walery
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October 14, 2020
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Jim Walery
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Do not make everything reference data in your data governance area. This blog post will discuss that only the key ones should be documented and managed. And new ones should be added to over time....
October 07, 2020
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Jim Walery
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responsibilities,
leadership,
oversight
Recently we held a webinar regarding responsibilities of a data governance leadership and oversight committee. Feel free to watch the recording here. We thought in this blog post we would cover...
September 30, 2020
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Jim Walery
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glossary,
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writing
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...
September 16, 2020
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Jim Walery
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situations,
use,
cases,
ipeds
Data governance 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) and see how they can...
September 09, 2020
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Jim Walery
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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...
August 26, 2020
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Jim Walery
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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...
August 19, 2020
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Jim Walery
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idata,
inventory,
Data Cookbook,
system,
complexity,
level
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...
August 12, 2020
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Jim Walery
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approach,
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reference,
valid,
lists
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...