Increasingly, organisations are recognising the importance of good data management and how it can improve organisational performance. Managing data across large (and small) enterprises can be challenging, there are a range of standards and approaches that provide guidance applicable to
Most organisations have problems with their data – not enough, too much, not good enough, missing, duplicated, inconsistent etc. Many managers and employees just want someone to ‘sort it all out’, but who is responsible? Often there is a view
Data quality assessments can provide large amounts of useful information. However, to gain a complete perspective on organisational data quality, it is essential to consider three key perspectives: The data itself – entries in databases and spreadsheets The requirements for
It is time to consider ‘the value of data’ – a number of recent conversations (such as with Stuart Ravens and Martin Paver), an excellent recent article on Highways England’s data valuation and related events such as the emergence of a proposed
A recent conversation about a large organisation highlighted an interesting question – How do you quickly and easily know that you have got a data quality problem? Clearly, you may have a data manager/ data team who are stating that data quality
In February 2020, BSI released two new data related standards that should be considered by all organisations: BS 10102-1:2020 – Big data. Guidance on data-driven organizations BS 10102-2:2020 – Big data. Guidance on data-intensive projects Although the titles state ‘Big data’, this only
There are two sayings that we will all have heard at some time: Start with the end in mind Start like you mean to go on A client of ours demonstrates why these two sayings are important from a data
Staff can often be very resourceful in making poor systems and processes work and to overcome data problems within an organisation. If people are based in a single office then they can call out questions like: “Do you remember who
A few years ago we did a series of blog posts on ISO 8000-150 which have been perennially popular. Well, since those posts were created ISO 8000-61 has been published which provides a richer and more comprehensive approach to data
It has been stated that the most common failure of a software project is caused by not capturing or understanding what the system is required to achieve. This is equally true of your information needs; have you truly captured your