Tag Archives: data-cookbook

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...

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...

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...

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...

It is important for an organization to resolve data quality issues quickly so that information can be trusted and used. For this to happen, individuals that use data must understand the data quality...

A stakeholder is a person who holds a vested interest in the success of an initiative. Without their support, the initiative will not succeed. As a group, stakeholders are found at multiple...

What does it mean if you have been designated as the person "in charge" of a metadata management solution such as the Data Cookbook? What responsibilities does this entail? What skills are needed?...

Reporting (or analytics) and data governance (or as we call it data intelligence) are related. They both deal with data requests, data quality, data lineage, data systems, information sharing and...

There are many reasons for the slow adoption of data governance (or as we call it data intelligence) or not realizing its return on investment (ROI).  We have written some blog posts and done some...

We have done many webinars, blog posts and videos around data governance. In many of these resources we mention what to avoid in your data governance (or data intelligence) initiative. We felt that...

For data governance (or as we call it data intelligence) to succeed you need to assess where you are at currently (what's working and what's not) as well as creating a roadmap along with determining...

Business glossaries are an important content item in data governance (or as we call it data intelligence). Therefore business glossaries are important to all organizations as it allows staff to speak...

Being a good data steward is not all about technical knowledge. There are several soft skills, traits, and behaviors that a good data steward should have. Every data steward will be different and...

Since it is the beginning of the year, it is a good time to think about the information technology (IT) challenges, issues, and priorities for the year. Make sure that the organization’s strategic...

Having trust in your data is critical at your organization. That is why data governance and data intelligence is so important as it leads to this trust by those that are using the data. Trust in the...

We are always thinking of new ways to frame data governance and guidance (or data intelligence) so that it is better understood.  Previously we did a video on how data governance is like student...

Having a communication plan for data governance (or data intelligence) is a necessary strategy to help ensure data governance success. You want to create and maintain staff awareness of data...

Data governance (also called data intelligence) is not easy. There is a lot of components to it. There is a lot of content. You need a framework and hopefully have tools in place. You need a group of...

Thinking about interviewing someone for a data governance or data intelligence role such as a Data Governance Manager or a Data Governance Coordinator? Maybe this is a new role in the organization....

Definitions should eliminate confusion across the enterprise. And they should be accessible by all that work with data. There are two types of definitions - functional and technical. And they are...

Reporting and Analytics is very related to data governance and data intelligence. If you do not have trust in your data then you will not have trust in your reports and your analytic efforts. The...

Reference data is the forgotten content in data governance (or as we call it, data intelligence). It needs to be documented and managed just like business glossary definitions and report...

Do not make everything reference data in your data governance (data intelligence) area. This blog post will discuss that only the key ones should be documented and managed. And new ones should be...

Recently we held a webinar regarding responsibilities of a data governance (data intelligence) leadership and oversight committee. Feel free to watch the recording here. We thought in this blog post...

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...