A colleague of mine recently posted a very interesting blog titled Do you trust your data? This led me to think about the issues from the perspective of the data i.e. if I am a data set can I trust
The Big Easter Data Hunt
As a child, the arrival of the Easter holidays was always an exciting time for me. The Easter Egg hunts were particularly exciting. Before the hunt I usually had an idea of where the eggs could be hiding but was
Can you do effective Business Analysis without Data Analysis?
A colleague and I attended a well respected Business Analysis conference this week. One of things that we both noticed was that, whilst there was much talk of lean/agile approaches and customer engagement, there was precious little talk about data
New IT System, Same Old Data Problems. Part 3 – Avoiding surprises and minimising risk
In the previous parts of this blog we considered how data quality can impact the success of software implementation projects. In Part 1 we discussed how expectations of benefits that a new system may deliver may be tarnished by existing
New IT System, Same old Data Problems. Part 1 – The lure of the shiny new toy
A new business information system, or decision support tool, is a big investment, but if you are considering buying a new system which promises to improve organisational effectiveness and efficiency, how confident are you that it will achieve these objectives if your underlying business data
GIS professionals – helping organisations to “Think Spatial”
I wanted to follow on from my post looking at GIS in the context of BIM projects by now taking a look at spatial data in the wider organisational information structure. To support both OPEX and CAPEX activities I want
GIS in BIM
It is a fairly common sight to see a BIM architecture which places GIS outside the Common Data Environment (CDE). Is this correct? Well, I think it depends on what you mean by GIS. I want to reflect on this
The journey to wisdom from data
It will be no surprise that data on its own has little value, it’s the meaning of that data that brings any kind of benefit. But what value does it bring us?
If data is an asset, what type of asset is it?
We are often reminded to treat data as an asset, in fact this is something I do quite regularly with my work frequently covering both data and asset management. Thinking of data as an asset helps people to think about data
ISO 8000:150–Data Operations
In this second blog post about ISO 8000:150 we will look at the Data Operations processes that form part of the overall data quality management approach defined in this standard. For an overview of the standard, please see ISO 8000:150–A