Ask the Experts

Ask the Experts

Data quality techniques and best practices

• What data lake governance challenges do organizations face?

  Consultant Anne Marie Smith details five challenges that an organization may face in applying data governance policies to data lakes and offers advice on how to overcome them.  Continue Reading

• What steps are key to building a data catalog?

  An enterprise data catalog can help data stewards and other users in an organization manage metadata and explore data assets. Here are 10 key steps for creating a data catalog.  Continue Reading

• What are the main features of data catalog software?

  Data catalogs are curated data portals for self-service analytics users. Learn about the capabilities of data catalog tools, vendors that sell them and how catalogs work.  Continue Reading

• What is an enterprise data strategy?

  Defining a data strategy can help focus an organization's data management initiatives -- but it isn't the same as data governance. Expert Anne Marie Smith explains why.  Continue Reading

• What is the best structure for data governance programs?

  The optimal approach to a data governance framework includes a program team, a data governance council and stewards. Expert Anne Marie Smith explains what role each group plays.  Continue Reading

• 5 to-dos for your GDPR compliance checklist

  It's never too late to fine-tune your GDPR strategy. Expert Anne Marie Smith suggests a current state analysis of your PII protections, drafting a data privacy policy and more.  Continue Reading

• How a data steward can enable data governance, without 'police' tag

  A data governance program doesn't have to be a police action. Instead, advises expert Anne Marie Smith, data stewards should help bring about cultural change in a collaborative way.  Continue Reading

• How metadata management relates to data governance and MDM

  Why is metadata management important? Because without it, you couldn't have a successful data governance or master data management program, explains governance expert Anne Marie Smith.  Continue Reading

• Integrate data quality into your master data management strategy

  When implementing an MDM initiative, businesses should take steps to incorporate effective data quality management practices from the outset.  Continue Reading

• Creating a data governance council: Enlist champions to lead

  Enlist senior-level champions from both business and IT to guide a data governance program and achieve harmony between the two sides.  Continue Reading

• Priming a master data management strategy for success

  Organizations should meet a few key program development goals prior to implementing an MDM initiative, according to MDM expert Anne Marie Smith.  Continue Reading

• Common enterprise information management strategy mistakes to avoid

  Learn about four common mistakes that companies make when creating an enterprise information management strategy and starting an EIM program.  Continue Reading

• How enterprise information management (EIM) differs from ECM

  Learn how enterprise information management (EIM) differs from enterprise content management (ECM) and unstructured data management as a data management technology category.  Continue Reading

• Key steps for developing an enterprise information management strategy

  Here you’ll find 12 expert tips on developing an enterprise information management strategy and roadmap for your company. Use the EIM strategy development advice to get started.  Continue Reading

• Key components of enterprise information management programs

  Learn which three components of enterprise information management programs are most important for a successful EIM strategy.  Continue Reading

• Can we enforce data integrity in a company to ensure accurate data?

  Find out if companies can enforce data integrity to ensure data accuracy in internal reports and systems. Plus, learn how data interpretation can affect the use of accurate data.  Continue Reading

• Understanding five major enterprise information management benefits

  Learn about the primary enterprise information management (EIM) benefits and five major problems EIM can help solve, including data quality, information management, process efficiency, security and organizational agility.  Continue Reading

• Are there data governance plans, templates or standard procedures?

  In this Q/A, learn what resources to use to find standard operating procedures templates for your data governance program.  Continue Reading

• How to estimate customer data cleansing costs

  How much on average does it cost to clean one customer record? Do you know if there been any specific reporting or analysis done on this area of customer data quality?  Continue Reading

• Data quality management for data warehouses

  Learn how to evaluate the risks of poor data quality in data warehouses -- and how good data quality management practices help mitigate risks.  Continue Reading

• What is high quality information?

  Learn a definition of high quality information, and find out what it means for overall data quality.  Continue Reading

• How to maintain data quality and provide high quality information management and analysis

  Data quality and governance expert David Loshin says maintaining data quality and providing high quality information management and analysis are based on a mutual data governance model.  Continue Reading