A good way to understand the impact of poor data practices on your organisation is to imagine the approach to data gathering, storage and exploitation as a machine – a data machine. What does your data machine look like? How
Conquer the data management maturity staircase
In my previous blogs I introduced the Data Management Maturity Staircase (above) and then the various maturity steps required to climb the staircase. In this blog we shall be looking at ways to make the changes.
Understanding the data management maturity staircase
In my last blog I introduced the Data Management Maturity Staircase (above). In this blog I shall look at the steps that make up the staircase.
Introducing the data management maturity staircase
In this series of Blog posts I shall be introducing the ‘data management staircase’, what it means and the necessary journey over time to climb the steps to becoming ‘Excellent’.
Why asset data is more challenging than ‘normal data’?
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
Does your data trust you?
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
Can creating surplus/profit by “sweating your assets” be made easier?
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
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
The Twelve Days of Data
As we approach the 12th day of Christmas and start to look to the year ahead, I wondered what a Chief Data Officer (CDO) might have put on their Christmas list?
Does your data need spring cleaning?
Save the Planet: Recycle your rubbish Or Save your space: Recycle your data As we move from winter to the summer months’ people often think about cleaning their homes and gardens and this may include removing some of the clutter