What can data modelers learn from accountants? Accounting is a solidly established practice that the world cannot live without. One of the established guidelines for accountants is called GAAP (Generally Accepted Accounting Principles in the US), and there are similar international setups. You might guess these standards are about rules, but actually, accounting is much […]
Articulating the Real Value of Enterprise Architecture
Click to learn more about author Ian Stendera. It’s no secret that many enterprise architects face a challenge when it comes to communicating what exactly they do, why it’s so important to their organizations, and the potential value enterprise architecture can bring to the future of the business. Articulating the value is critical to getting […]
How to Overcome the Challenges of Using a Data Vault
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. What Are the Challenges? From flexibility to scalability and efficiency, using a data vault as your Data Modeling approach has many benefits. But simultaneously there are challenges that you need to be aware of. In this blog I’m going to walk you through the limitations and how […]
Knowledge Graphs: A Single Source of Truth for the Enterprise
Click to learn more about author Dr. Jans Aasman. The notion of a “single source of truth” for the enterprise has been the proverbial moving goalpost for generations of CIOs, only to be waylaid by brittle technology and unending legacy systems. Truth-seeking visions rebuffed by technological trends have continuously confounded business units trying to achieve growth […]
What Is a Data Modeler?
A data modeler is a person who models data or documents software and business system designs. By doing this, a data modeler translates business needs into technical specifications. Developers and other IT members benefit from this when creating new data systems and troubleshooting and maintaining them. Data models promote consensus among developers, customers, and other […]
Going Beyond Data-Driven: The Three Pillars of Data Analytics
Click to learn more about author Eva Murray. The push for digital transformation is nothing new. Yet the accelerated adoption of digital transformation inspired by the coronavirus pandemic is unlike anything we have ever seen before. Companies have been forced to quickly ramp up their digital strategies in order to survive in our new world […]
Governed Self-Service Analytics, People, and Processes
Click to learn more about author Aditi Raiter. Self-service BI is lucrative but demands an eye on governance and security. In this article, I will stress the behaviors and strategies needed around managing self-serve BI/reporting tools. Self-service analytics rotates around business users having access to data preparation and dashboard building tools. There are many challenges […]
Unify Data Governance with Data Architecture
Think of an organization trying to create a single understanding of the information of the organization and the instances of that data around its estate. Consider different groups of people contributing to and using this model from different perspectives and varying reasons. And view this in the context of Data Governance, Data Architecture or Business […]
To Grok or Not to Grok Data Models: A Summer Special
Click to learn more about author Thomas Frisendal. We need something light – yet still important – to ease our minds in the summertime. As a data modeler I have often experienced serious disconnects between not only business people and myself, but also between the real world and the vocabulary and definitions attributed to it. […]
Productizing IT Services for Data Management Projects
Click to learn more about author Digvijay Lamba. Many organizations overcome a lack of data engineers by outsourcing their Data Management needs to IT service providers. Startups, small and mid-sized businesses, and even larger organizations are rich in domain expertise but inexperienced in preparing data for insights, which is why they hire outsiders to perform […]