Recently, I wrote about treating a data process as the business process that it truly is. The premise was that we must look at data management processes in a more structured way. By spotting repeatable patterns and looking for opportunities to automate some of the mechanical aspects of the process, we can create opportunities to [...]
Businesses have long sought to optimize core business processes to ensure maximum business performance. IT departments have supported the cause by building systems to automate many of the mechanical aspects of these processes ensuring repeatable, efficient execution of operations. These same IT departments, however, have continued to use traditional labor-intensive methods of building many of [...]
As I sit and watch the unbelievable talent during the World Series (even though my beloved Tampa Bay Rays didn’t make it to the fall classic), I can’t help but think of what it means to compete at that level. Watching the flaming MPH indicator every time one of these pitchers throws above 95MPH (and [...]
Yesterday, we released a comprehensive report analyzing “The State of Data Governance Maturity.” Based on results from more than 200 people who have taken Kalido’s Data Governance Maturity Assessment, the report highlights the issues we find hindering the success of data governance programs. We’ve grouped those issues under three headlines. Business engagement is spotty. Data [...]
Yesterday, I was reviewing some new work by the Kalido team around our Data Governance product; the effort is focused on bringing to the forefront both data quality and process quality in order to improve business performance. It’s impressive because for the first time I can see how my data quality directly impacts the steps [...]
