Each time I read something about data management/governance roles and bodies I experience a mix of emotions: confusion, wonder, curiosity... I have discerned three key reasons...
In our saga about the duality of data management and data governance, we are going to have a look at data governance. Data governance exercises a Yin force...
You often read about one of the biggest business challenges: different business units working in silos. Business partnering is considered one of the means for overcoming it. Last week I found an excellent example of...
I would like to take a closer look at data management, as it is the ‘Yang force’ in this duality, meaning it has an active, and leading role within the relationship...
In this article, I aim to explore the deeper discrepancies between DAMA-DMBOK and DCAM in the approaches and to discuss possible reasons for that...
Recently, I have been exploring the concept of Yin and Yang: a ’concept of dualism describing how seemingly opposite or contrary forces...
In this article I would like to talk about one possible area where cooperation between FP&A and Data management professionals can deliver mutually beneficial results. This area combines two independent concepts from FP&A and Data Management: driver-based modeling and data lineage...
Recently, the concept of critical data has caught the attention of a lot of data management professionals. I myself was no exception, so I decided to dive deeper into this subject and do some research. In this article, I would like to share some results of my research and my experience with definitions of critical data and critical data elements (CDEs), reasons to use CDEs and key...
If by now you have decided that you and your company are ready to continue this journey and start the implementation of data lineage, let’s draft the key steps you need to take.Before we start, it is worth mentioning that an established data management framework and collaboration between data management professionals and stakeholders are a prerequisite for successful...
In this article, I would like to discuss and give my answer to the most complicated question: how should data lineage be documented? Before you even start thinking about documenting data lineage, there are a few crucial decisions to be made beforehand? What is the scope of data lineage in your situation?What method of documentation will you choose...
