You receive a data-related request. Maybe there is a request for a new report. Maybe it is a question on an existing report. Maybe there is a data quality issue – real or perceived. Maybe it is a...
June 19, 2025
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Jim Walery
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May 21, 2025
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Jim Walery
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Is the effort to implement data governance and data intelligence worth it? The answer to this question is yes. With the implementation of data governance and data intelligence, the organization will...
April 09, 2025
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Jim Walery
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Keep in mind that data governance and data intelligence is not only about technology and information but also about staff. Make it easy for the staff at your organization to follow data-related...
December 26, 2024
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Jim Walery
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And the envelope please! We did our review and here are the top 10 most viewed blog posts in 2024 from our IData Insights Blog about Data Management, Data Intelligence, and Data Governance. They are...
June 04, 2024
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Aaron Walker
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When we introduced the Data Cookbook, one of our goals was to help clients solve a problem they all had with requesting and providing data. We observed that users who wanted data would describe the...
It’s been a while since we have talked about data requests. An established data request process is an important part of data governance and should provide accurate and trusted information. Often one...
January 05, 2024
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Jim Walery
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We did our review and here are the top 12 most viewed blog posts in 2023 from our IData Insights Blog about Data Management, Data Intelligence, and Data Governance. There was quite a variety of...
November 15, 2023
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Jim Walery
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Let us think about what an organization’s report request process might look like in terms of effort if you are trying to implement a certain amount of diligence. If we are a report writer and we are...
It is difficult to hire an expert on the data at your organization. Usually, this expertise comes from years of working at your organization. You do not want your subject matter experts (key data...
August 18, 2022
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Jim Walery
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There are many methods to create data governance content at an organization. Some methods are easier than others. Some methods require a great deal of human touch whiles others do not. Some methods...
August 04, 2022
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Aaron Walker
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One of the reasons we got into this business was a desire to help organizations make better use of data. Over the years we have worked with hundreds of organizations to introduce data into the...
July 27, 2022
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Jim Walery
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In this blog post we will discuss that organizations should take a customer service and just-in-time approach to data governance and data intelligence. Your organization needs to realize that despite...
July 20, 2022
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Jim Walery
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Value is only added if there is engagement with the data governance-related content that supports your organization’s goal. This blog post will discuss the points of engagement (or entry) with data...
July 06, 2022
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Aaron Walker
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Many clients come to us when they are planning, or after they have embarked on, an overhaul to their business intelligence (BI) stack. They have often determined that their legacy tools are not...
September 29, 2021
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Jim Walery
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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...
August 25, 2021
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Brenda Reeb
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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...
An established data request process is an important data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) process to have at an organization. This process is for staff members asking for such items...
December 18, 2019
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Jim Walery
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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...
October 09, 2019
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Jim Walery
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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 12, 2018
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Jim Walery
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Data Governance and data intelligence is about best-practices designed to help people access, understand, connect, and effectively use your organization’s data across all systems.
August 30, 2018
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Jim Walery
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Data Governance and data intelligence is about best-practices designed to help people access, understand, connect, and effectively use your organization’s data across all systems.
July 31, 2018
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Jim Walery
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Data Governance (also referred to as data intelligence) is about best-practices designed to help people access, understand, connect, and effectively use your organization’s data across all systems....
November 30, 2017
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Jim Walery
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We are often asked about data governance (or as we call it data intelligence) such as what is it and what are some key best practices in data governance. This post summarizes our thoughts on this. We...
May 18, 2017
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Brian Parish
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More and more organizations are implementing data governance (also referred to as data intelligence) to better document their data, and, from our experience, this usually means a large committee with...