Data governance (or what we call data intelligence) consists of many components including data system inventory, data request, data stewardship, reference data, data lineage, business glossary, data...
December 18, 2019
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December 11, 2019
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Data stewardship is an important part of data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) and thus an important part of the success of the organization. A key part of data governance is...
December 06, 2019
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To have successful data governance (or data intelligence or data management) you need to have data stewardship. And for data stewards to be successful you need to provide them with the proper...
December 04, 2019
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By now you've decided that data governance (or data intelligence) is a good idea for your organization. You want to use organizational data to drive better decisions, and to better understand the...
November 20, 2019
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When we speak with new or prospective clients, the topic of their organization's data quality often comes up. And it's frequently our experience that when someone who is not data-savvy thinks their...
November 13, 2019
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For folks identified as data stewards there are a few principles you should follow which are: being helpful, being a problem solver, being a creator, being a protector and being positive. Data...
We've been at this data management thing for a while now, and while much has changed over the last couple of decades, there are a few archetypes of data failure that continue to bedevil our clients...
October 30, 2019
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Jim Walery
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This blog post will show you how to evaluate your data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) processes so that they can be improved, thus improving the organization’s efficiency and...
October 23, 2019
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The ideal situation is to have people on staff who are experienced and knowledgeable. And have data stewards who can do a variety of tasks effectively.
This blog post will cover the steps to create...
October 16, 2019
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Data is everywhere at an organization and in many data systems. And growing all the time. Data at an organization needs to be understood, individually and collectively, and can’t be done without a...
October 09, 2019
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An important data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) process to have is an established data request process (such as a request for a new report) that is known and easy to use. This...
September 25, 2019
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This post is about student data privacy which is a big issue at higher education institutions. We’ll discuss how student data privacy fits ethically, legally and financially. Third party access to...
August 28, 2019
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Is your data governance (or data intelligence) content (report requests, data dumps, data systems inventory, data definitions, etc.) taking too long to produce or does not seem to be as effective as...
August 21, 2019
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In this post we’ll discuss the types of silos that exist at organizations (such as higher education institutions), data brawling, data culture, shadow systems, benefits of breaking down the silos and...
August 14, 2019
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An important component of data governance (also known as data intelligence) is data quality. But there are many parts to data quality including sources of data quality, issues, their impact, people...
July 24, 2019
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We are a firm believer of just-in-time data governance. In this blog post we will cover less expensive, better ways to do data governance (data intelligence) over the more typical (and more costly)...
July 18, 2019
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Reporting can always be improved. It is often not the reporting technology being used that is the problem. Usually it comes down to people and processes. In this post we share some thoughts on...
July 11, 2019
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Something we often say during our early conversations with clients is that data governance (or data intelligence) is what you do when you recognize data is an asset, and when you start to treat it...
June 19, 2019
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Recently we found ourselves re-reading Educause’s annual Top 10 IT Issues, 2019 Edition. We commented on this publication when it came out, but we wanted to revisit in this post a few observations...
June 12, 2019
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While some organizations have been successful with a wide range of reporting tools, many others struggle with the same tools. We feel it is because organizational reporting or analytics problems are...
June 07, 2019
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Recently we attended the AIR Forum, the annual conference for institutional researchers. As a company, IData has a fair amount of direct experience with the practice of institutional research,...
May 22, 2019
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The data steward role is pivotal for the success of data governance and data intelligence. In a previous post we discussed the 3 data governance roles of steward, owner and custodian. The steward...
May 08, 2019
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Jim Walery
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In this blog post we’ll discuss the institution culture that will maximize the benefit of data governance at all levels. And that data governance needs to be a part of your higher education...
May 04, 2019
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Brenda Reeb
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A data quality program can be any size. Whether large or small, the key thing is to have a plan and to use processes that are predictable and repeatable. A haphazard or unpredictable approach will...
May 02, 2019
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This post is inspired by two pieces of terminology that have seemingly been everywhere this year, and one factoid that’s been circulating for years. One term is “self-service business intelligence,”...