The social housing sector in the UK continues to operate in challenging times – the combination of a continued shortage of housing, reduction in grants from government and ageing asset stocks means that there needs to be a consistent drive
Mind the (data) gap!
Travellers on London Underground will be familiar with the term “Mind the Gap” which is both a visible, and an audio, warning to make sure that you do not become an unfortunate statistic on the railway – you may lose
What is an asset?
One of the often quoted examples (challenges) over business definitions is the case of gaining a common definition of the term “Customer” within an organisation. This can result in lengthy debate over whether a customer is the person who pays
Would you allow this…?
One of the greatest factors which can lead to the degradation of quality of information relates to the behavior of users, data administrators and external parties. I have referred to this in a previous post “There is no such thing
Approaches to data quality issues from suppliers
I recently came across two examples of how to handle poor quality supplier data, one good and one bad, in the same business unit of a large organisation. The organisation concerned is reliant on contractors supplying accurate data for the