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Data Governance Content Versioning

In this blog post we will discuss the benefits of versioning for your data governance and data intelligence content (such as report specifications, business glossary, technical definitions, and data...

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Fit Data Intelligence into Your Organization's Culture

In this blog post we will discuss the organization culture that will maximize the benefit of data intelligence and data governance at all levels. And that data intelligence needs to be a part of your...

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Data Governance Content Operations

There is a great deal of data governance content that needs to be managed and curated. This requires operations. You probably have a goal to increase your data governance content on a regular basis....

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Discussion About Chief Data Officers

Data should be managed by those with responsibility for its collection, processing, maintenance, and appropriate use. Data intelligence requires concentrated leadership, broad participation by those...

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Doing Data Intelligence the Inexpensive, Smarter Way

We are a firm believer of just-in-time data intelligence. In this blog post we will cover less expensive, smarter ways to do data intelligence (data governance) over the more typical (and more...

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Some Data Governance Lessons from Our Clients

At our recent Data Cookbook user group meeting, clients shared over 25 tips on their use of the Data Cookbook in their data governance program. We think these tips from our clients are spot on and we...

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Resources to Assist with Data Governance Oversight and Management

A data governance and data intelligence initiative is very important to an organization.  This initiative or effort needs to be managed and have oversight.  We have written some blog posts, created...

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Data Governance Oversight Team Responsibilities

For data governance and data intelligence success, an organization must have a data governance oversight and management team or committee (team) in place. This team is the champion for data...

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Need Help with Your Data Dictionaries and Definitions? Here are Some Resources

Data dictionaries and definitions are an important content item in data governance (or as we call it data intelligence). These dictionary items and definitions are important to all organizations as...

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Adult Learning Methods for Data Intelligence and Data Governance Training

Participants in data governance and data literacy programs require training. Adopting adult learning methods in the delivery of training sessions makes the training effective and enjoyable for the...

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Data Intelligence is Change for the Better

A data intelligence or data governance initiative at an organization involves change and is not easy to perform. Acknowledge that change is difficult. You understand that it is complex to implement...

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Get Your Data Sharing Agreements in Order

Organizations and communities are strengthened when there is collaboration of data. And that requires data sharing agreements (DSAs). An organization must achieve a culture of open and transparent...

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Remember: Don't Forget Your Data Cleanup

Periodically, you will want to modify or remove data in your organization that is incorrect, incomplete, improperly formatted, unnecessary, or duplicated. To do this you want to clean your data....

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Updated Key Elements of Data Intelligence Success

There are six key elements (goals, roadmap, buy-in, content, process, and champions) that we say are needed for organizational data governance (and data intelligence) success. We will cover these key...

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What is Just-in-Time Data Intelligence?

We have used the term Just-in-Time Data Governance in the past and over time realized that this is not the correct terminology to use. We now call it Just-in-Time Data Intelligence which is a...

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Curating Data About Data

A key part of data governance and data intelligence is to have an easily accessible knowledge base and a key part of this knowledge base is a data processing (report) catalog. And a key piece of the...

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Who is Requesting Data and the Types of Requests

In this blog post we will cover who might be making data-related requests at your organization and the types of requests you might be receiving. You should create a list of your data requestor groups...

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Data Governance / Data Intelligence Best Practices Recap

We have done several webinars on best practices related to data governance and data intelligence. We thought we would briefly recap these best practices regarding business glossary, data system...

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Automate Your Data Governance as Much as Possible

Having some of your data governance-related activities automated drives strategic decision-making and improves daily operations in the organization. Data governance automation is an incredibly...

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Tips for Data-related Policy Implementation, Action and Enforcement

You should, at your organization, have documented data-related policies on protection of organization data, data retention, data sharing agreements, data backups, data access, handing of Personally...

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Capabilities Necessary in a Data Governance or Data Intelligence Solution

A data governance (or data intelligence) solution is an important component of a data governance program.  The primary purpose ofa data governance solution is to help people at the organization...

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Link Data Governance with Your Technology Projects – Here are Some Resources

When you switch solutions, migrate to a new system, integrate between two data systems, or implement a new tool, is the perfect time to enhance your data governance (or data intelligence) efforts by...

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Expand Your Report Catalog to be a Data Processing / Flow Catalog

Many organizations have documented their reports (or at least their most critical reports). And hopefully this information is in an accessible knowledgebase. This is often referred to as a report...

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Adding Data-Related Policies to Your Data Governance Content

Data, an organization asset, requires strong and consistent management. Therefore, you need to have data-related policies created, updated, and known. These policies should be accessible by all staff...

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Transitioning to Something New? Here is the What, When and How!

Transitioning to something new such as a new CRM, integration platform, report solution, ERP, data warehouse, or data governance solution? Any kind of transition is not easy. And it takes a lot of...

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