Click to learn more about author Roland Bullivant. One of the key tasks early in a GDPR compliance programme is to locate where Personal Data is stored across an organisation’s information ecosystem. Often this is referred to as an Information Audit or Readiness Assessment. To comply with GDPR, an organisation must be able to point […]
What Is a Business Glossary?
A business glossary differs from a data dictionary in that its focal point, Data Governance, goes beyond a data warehouse or database. A business glossary is a means of sharing internal vocabulary within an organization. Most business glossaries share certain characteristics such as standard data definitions and documentation of them; clear definitions with an explanation […]
Four Phases to an Agile Data Governance Implementation
Bringing Data Governance to an Agile environment requires a focus on thin-slice, small step implementation, said Sarah Rasmussen, Senior Manager, Data Management, at CUNA Mutual, speaking at DATAVERSITY© Enterprise Data World 2017 Conference during her presentation titled “Delivering a Data Governance Program the Agile Way.” “It’s about being incremental, and the key is to communicate […]
Business Glossary Basics
Enterprises continue to grow and so does data environment complexity, including data terminology both internal and external to a particular enterprise. Consider a firm that builds computer chips for new devices. Each project may have its own Database System and Data Dictionary. Yet engineers, management, accountants, and customers need to speak the same language to […]
The Data Dictionary Demystified
Understanding Big Data and Data Governance goes hand in hand with the concept of a Data Dictionary. Data Dictionaries have been integral to business functions. This article will demystify and help to clarify the Data Dictionary model. What is a Data Dictionary? A Data Dictionary provides the ingredients and steps needed to create relevant business […]
The Enterprise Data Catalog: Use Cases for Having a Time Machine
Speaking at the DATAVERSITY® Enterprise Data World 2016 Conference, Jeremy Posner, Senior Director of Data Management and Strategy at Synechron, offered the Enterprise Data Catalog as a useful tool in three use-cases: eDiscovery, Records Management, and Data Sourcing Integration Points. Posner says that the temporal database of an Enterprise Data Catalog can serve as a […]