Well structured data that is properly stored, managed and governed is increasingly being recognised as a way to improve business efficiency and effectiveness. However, too many people still think that information stored in electronic format is good data…
Decisions without information
When I saw a review of the book “Die Kunst des klugen Handelns” (The Art of Acting Cleverly) which started with the words: “Try to get through life with a minimum of information. You will make better decisions. What you
Zero data defects???
I think all people who are involved in data in any way would like to be in a position where they were no data defects and data could be relied upon 100%. Is this achievable? I regularly use a comparison
The same data… but different answer
When discussing data quality issues, we frequently address issues where inconsistent data can lead to analysis problems. The 2012 Olympics present an interesting variant where the input data is the same, but leads to a different answer…
The permanence of data
A number of recent events have lead me to consider a little bit more about the permanence of data. Is data a permanent or a temporary thing?
Attitudes to recycling and data
Having just come back from a trip to the USA, we noticed many cultural differences which we had to get used to: Use of the word ‘pavement’ to describe the surface cars drive on, whereas in England ‘pavement’ is the
Right good data or The right good data?
Most businesses are trying to ensure that they have good data, or as they might say in Yorkshire “Reet good data” (hence the flat cap image). Before expending lots of time (and money) polishing and honing your data to perfection,
Have we reached the “Data Event Horizon”?
A recent Twitter conversation with Sarah Burnett (a leading UK public sector analyst) was the trigger for this slightly tongue in cheek blog post. Sarah originally posted the following tweet: Which is an astounding statistic. Sarah and I then the
Data accident reporting
Those of you who are familiar with our blog will recall that we periodically compare how people treat data compared to real life situations. Two examples of this approach are “Would you allow this?” and “The Data Accident Investigation Board”.
Is data slowing down “the business”?
I just spotted an interesting article in Computer Weekly “High touch is just as important as high tech“. The article paints an objective picture about how human interactions have been changed by technology. From a data perspective there is an