Business Drivers for a Data Lineage Initiative
A company should have strong drivers to start the data management, particularly data lineage initiative. These initiatives may bring many challenges associated with the resources required. Such drivers...
View ArticleData Lineage for Various Stakeholder Groups
Data lineage can be documented differently depending on a company’s needs. It is important to realize that a company as a whole cannot accurately define the needs for and benefits of data lineage...
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The Metamodel of Data Lineage
In this section, we combine and link all data lineage layers and components in a graphical format. Data lineage can be documented at different abstraction levels. We speak about four layers: business...
View ArticleKnowledge Graphs, Data Lineage, and Metadata Management
Knowledge graphs, metadata management, and data lineage are examples of new metadata capabilities that many companies have actively discussed and developed. There are some challenges associated with...
View ArticleData Lineage Types
Different business stakeholders have quite different expectations and requirements for data lineage. The common understanding of data lineage remains the same and describes the movement and...
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Data Lineage and Other Comparable Concepts
The analysis of different sources has delivered this list of concepts comparable to data lineage: · Data value chain · Data chain · Data flow · Integration architecture · Information value chain The...
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Challenges with Defining Data Management Trends
Recently, I delivered a Keynote about data management trends. While preparing it, I discovered we have challenges defining data management trends. Let me share my observations and propose a way out....
View ArticleData Management vs. Data Governance Operating Models: Are They Different?
Recently, I started analyzing the dependencies between data management operating models and various data architecture types (i.e., centralized and decentralized). In my practice, I use three types of...
View ArticleWhat is a Data Product?
The term “data product” originated from data science. At least, I first heard this term from data scientists. My latest investigations have demonstrated that no aligned definition of this term exists....
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A Data Strategy – Theory vs. Practice: Part 1
The idea to write this article was triggered by the remark of one of the participants of my strategy workshop last summer. He mentioned that it would be nice to include the consideration of real data...
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A Data Strategy: Theory vs. Practice. Part 2
This is Part 2 of the article “A Data Strategy: Theory vs. Practice.” In Part 2, we will continue the analysis of data strategy examples and discuss the following: A data (management) strategy content:...
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Harmonizing Data and AI Governance: To Do or Not To Do?
For over 15 years, I’ve focused on governance frameworks for data management, publishing several books and articles on the subject. Recently, professionals in the field began asking for my perspective...
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The Landscape of AI Definitions
Discussions about artificial intelligence (AI) are ubiquitous today. I delved into over ten legislative documents from various world regions. The conclusion is eye-opening: AI lacks a universally...
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Challenges with Defining and Aligning (Meta)data & AI strategies
This post explores the challenges organizations face in designing data, metadata, and AI strategies based on my experiences delivering workshops at various international conferences last year. If...
View ArticleData Governance vs. Data Management: Unpacking the Origins of Differing...
For five years, I’ve investigated the different approaches to defining the concepts of data, information, and data governance versus management. I have presented the results of these analyses in my...
View ArticleGovernance vs. Management: Clarifying the Divide
This article analyzes the terms of Governance vs. Management in various contexts. Part 1 of this series of articles explored the challenges associated with defining the concepts of data and...
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Key Takeaways from the Free Masterclass: Adapting Data Governance for Modern...
I want to extend my gratitude to all the participants who joined and actively engaged in this session! During the masterclass, I conducted several live polls, and I’m excited to share the key insights...
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