This autumn, we launched an online tool for assessing data governance maturity. Based on our Data Governance Maturity Model, we wanted to provide a means for people to determine how their organization ranks in terms of the business process for defining, implementing and enforcing data policies. We broke it out into people, process, technology and [...]
I’m sitting here in Boston listening to all the weather prognosticators about Hurricane Earl which is currently bearing down on the Eastern seaboard. What’s fascinating is the wide variance of reports; I swear some of these reporters are being paid by Home Depot so people buy more “storm supplies.” While a hurricane is no laughing [...]
Dave Waddington is senior vice president and co-founder of The Information Difference, an analyst firm specializing in data quality, master data management (MDM) and data governance. He is a recognized authority and practitioner in the field of data management and has advised both vendors and corporations on data management strategy and architecture. Download the latest [...]
Last Thursday I was interviewed by Philip Russom, a veteran data management industry analyst, during a great webinar on MDM and data governance hosted by TDWI. In a report published in 2008, Philip wrote that “software automation specifically designed for data governance is somewhat light.” He repeated the other day that there remains a dearth [...]
In a conversation with a respected analyst last week, we concurred that as a business practice, data governance has just crossed the chasm and entered early mainstream adoption. Like exercising, flossing and recycling, most organizations have come to believe that data governance is a good thing. But it doesn’t mean every organization will do it. [...]
