Internal communication is a key process in the success of a data quality program at a higher education institution. To build trust in your data you want to be as transparent as possible regarding...
February 20, 2019
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Jim Walery
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February 14, 2019
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Aaron Walker
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In a previous post we shared some thoughts about shadow systems, and how they are symptomatic of poor data governance practices as much as, if not more than, users seeking to evade rules....
February 09, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Data dominates on EDUCAUSE’s annual list of the “top 10 IT issues” for higher education institutions as 5 of the issues are about data. Focus this year is about achieving trusted data and putting...
February 06, 2019
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Aaron Walker
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Everyone knows shadow systems are bad, and yet they still proliferate. Rather than enumerate once again why you should take pains to avoid them, we want to spend some time in this post exploring...
January 30, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Data quality is an important piece to data governance and thus important for a higher education institution. During our various webinars and blog posts we have mentioned several thoughts that we...
January 22, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Data quality is an important component of data governance at a higher education institution and includes people, processes and content. This blog post is about the various content (issues,...
January 16, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Who owns the data at higher education institutions? Information Technology (IT) Department or the specific functional department like Admissions, Human Resources, Institutional Research or...
January 10, 2019
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Aaron Walker
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This blog post discusses the perception of data governance. It sounds difficult and controlling. Maybe it should be called data guidance instead. Data governance should help the staff at the...
January 02, 2019
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Jim Walery
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Data quality is a key component of data governance. This post lists impacts of poor quality data and identifies sources of poor quality data. If you can’t get traction to establish a formal program,...
December 13, 2018
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Brenda Reeb
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In an earlier post we covered components of a data quality program, data quality rules and data quality assessments. The last post in this Data Quality series recommends a process to address...