Introduction What is the difference between records and data? What differentiates records managers from data managers? Do ...

While everyone is asking if their data is ready for AI, I want to ask a somewhat different question: Is your data quality ...

At a recent conference, I witnessed something that’s become far too common in data leadership circles: genuine surprise that ...

Welcome to the whimsical wide world of unicorn farming. Talking about quantum computing is a bit like tending to your unicorn ...

In a world where every claim your organization makes — about sustainability, equity, or social impact — is scrutinized by regulators, investors, and the public, one truth stands out: Your data has ...

CEO of Cynozure, a leading data and analytics consultancy, which was named one of the Sunday Times’ top 50 fastest-growing private companies in 2022. He is the co-author of “Data Means Business,” the ...

Introduction We are living in the age of a data revolution, and more corporations are realizing that to lead—or in some cases, to survive—they need to harness their data wealth effectively. The data ...

In my previous TDAN.com column, “ Piloting the Plane – EDM Program and Project Management,” I explored perspectives, structures, cultures, approaches and activities needed to establish and ...

It would be hard to imagine a data model that didn’t include persons, either as individuals or as groups. Models contain people in one of two ways: as organizational structures or as playing roles in ...

In 2024, our research at Dresner Advisory Services revealed that only 32% of organizations have a formal data governance organization in place. This statistic highlights a critical gap, especially as ...

Abstract Entity relationship diagram (ERD) is one of the most widely used technique for data modeling. An ERD developed during the conceptual data modeling phase of the database development process is ...

The following paper is the first of a three-part series that describes the Non-Invasive Data Governance Framework. The framework was developed and is implemented by Robert S. Seiner of KIK Consulting ...