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Data Governance | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Data stewards, not data despots. This old baSotho story was shared by a friend of mine. “During the droughts of the late 1700’s. The country was under attack from marauding bands and a man suggested that the entire tribe stockpile its food and water on a cliff cave that can only be accessed by ropes. So every field was ripped and…. 4 days ago November 1, 2016. What is GDPR and why should we care? 2 weeks ago October 25, 2016. October 11, 2016. Last w...
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Dropping down to data quality | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Dropping down to data quality. June 16, 2015. Presenting the user with a predefined list of options may seem like a simple solution to solving data quality problems like that described last week. Yet, as anyone who has worked with data can confirm, drop down lists present their own challenges that make them inappropriate for many situations. So, when can we use a drop down list to improve data quality? Should be simple, right? Who should make this ki...
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Is DAMA relevant for business? | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Is DAMA relevant for business? August 11, 2015. He 2015 DAMA South Africa conference has been and gone. Thank you to everybody involved for your time and effort. Good opportunity to catch up with old friends and colleagues, and to make some new acquaintances. I think most data management professionals would agree that business input is critical to achieving data governance and data quality. In a conversation I had over lunch with a senior data manage...
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A guide to South African address data quality | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. A guide to South African address data quality. June 23, 2015. A recent decision by the South African high court compels the City of Tshwane to reinstate old street names. That were controversially changed in 2012. This is a good example of the complexity inherent in dealing with South African name and address data. We went from 4 provinces and 10 nominally self-governing homelands. We have numerous city or town names that have changed. The Pretoria m...
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Clive Rice: Why statistics in sports don’t always matter. | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Clive Rice: Why statistics in sports don’t always matter. August 4, 2015. Sports are increasingly being driven by data and analytics. Electronics feed every aspects of a sportsman’s game back to coaches and support staff, in real time. Coaches can substitute a striker, or rotate a bowler, who is loosing his pace due to fatigue, based on comparisons of his efforts over the course of a game. I was a schoolboy when he was in his prime, and he missed out...
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Data Management | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Advanced Analytics: Earning the right to go wide. The inaugural Chief Data Officer Africa forum in Johannesburg created an opportunity for senior data executives to network and share their experiences and their challenges. For many companies, the strategic goal of data management is to enable advanced analytics. Unsurprisingly, then, many of the early discussions at the CDO Forum focused on how this goal…. June 21, 2016. April 12, 2016. The Data Qual...
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Meeting your customers where they live | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Meeting your customers where they live. July 14, 2015. In May I was invited to present a paper at the 7th Annual GIS Conference, in Johannesburg. Unlike, most of the other speakers I am not a GIS professional. Instead, my talk focused on the value, and the challenges, in creating a link between spatial data – typically used by the GIS team – and relational data – used by IT and most business users. Using gis to enhance customer experience. This can a...
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About | Data Quality Matters
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Enterprise Information management, data, data quality. Quality data requires planning. The conflicting trends of Big Data analytics and the Protection of Personal Information (privacy acts) are logical extension of business’ ongoing desire to operate more effectively, drive more profits and minimize risk. Yet the complexity of modern information management environments makes achieving these goals a massive challenge. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Address never made public). You are...
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MDM Success Mantra: Be Holistic, Be Agile - MDM - A Geeks Point Of ViewMDM – A Geeks Point Of View
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MDM – A Geeks Point Of View. A Techie Tech Blog on Master Data Management And Every Buzz Surrounding It. Resources & Links. MDM Success Mantra: Be Holistic, Be Agile. August 19, 2014,. Most of us working in this area of information management know that MDM implementations have a high failure rate. According to a study, only 24% MDM programs end successfully. There are many reasons why these projects sink or don’t deliver what was initially promised. Second important reason for MDM failure is the missing ...
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