The Prime Business Decision Loop
by Tom Jesionowski
The Prime Business Decision Loop addresses the fact that the evolution of technology has shifted the manner in which business owners manage decision cycles.

Getting and Keeping Your Data Right
by Noreen Kendle
Enterprise Data Asset Management
Organizations often do not realize just how poor and out of control their data really is because they hold tight to the false belief that they can make the data “right” by simply making it look right.

Metadata Improvements – A Case Study
by Alex Friedgan, Ph.D.
The article describes problems encountered in integrating metadata, the approach taken and the results achieved.

Performance Tuning Considerations for Decision Support Systems
by Stephen Putman
Stephen Putman considers a common scenario of decision support system implementation – performance issues shortly after deployment that impact system acceptance by customers – and discusses mitigation strategies.

So You Want to be a Data Champion?
by Tom Carlock
Let’s do a check up from the neck up to make sure you’re ready.
The data champion role is a dedicated, full-time business role. It requires someone who has both IT and business knowledge – someone who can work well with others and build relationships as needed.

Architecture Made Easy
by James Luisi
Data Modeling: Rules of Abstraction
This article describes how to avoid getting a dozen different data models from twelve experienced data modelers with the same requirements.

Subtyping in W3C XML Schema, Part 1
by Jack Lindsey
Three Degrees of Inheritance
Data model supertype-subtype concepts can be directly represented in W3C XML Schema and OO programmers will smile and thank you. Welcome to the Garden of Eden.

Enterprise Service Engineering
by Alan Perkins
An Architected Approach for Service Component Development and Management
This article describes the benefits of using a strategically driven, model-based approach for developing and managing service components.

Milestones on the 2008-9 Master Data Management Road Map
by Aaron Zornes
Aaron Zornes provides 12 master data management milestones that hopefully will help IT professionals craft a road map for the next generation of integrated data resources.

Business Analysis: A Guide to Better Software Evaluation
by Stephan Streitberger
The benefits of a full software evaluation process include stakeholder ownership, insight into how the solution will improve the business process and the benefits that will be realised through those improvements.

AS2 for EDI Hubs – The Value Proposition
by Mike W. Cobban
Companies are making the switch to EDI over the Internet because they can integrate and manage internal and external electronic business document processes.

Mind Your Language Too
by Mike Vaughan
This article explains why making common sense of the real world first involves abstracting or grouping actual things into kinds under a concept that defines them.

The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 8
by Robert S. Seiner
The Tactical Layer – The Data Steward Coordinator

SOA – From Architecture to Implementation
by Eskil Swende
This article provides a description of the basic building blocks of a service-oriented architecture and provides a basis upon which to relate the various viewpoints and principles.

Understanding the ITIL CMDB Meta-Model
by John Singer
This article is the second in a series on the ITIL CMDB. This article provides a high level overview of the ITIL vision for IT knowledge management.

Information Governance: Controlling Information as a Strategic Enterprise Resource
by Larry P. English
Information governance is defined by Larry English as the act or process of leading, directing, controlling and assuring that information is managed effectively as an enterprise resource.

Enterprise Architecture – Connect-the-Dots for Adults, Part 4
by Scott Benson
Putting It All Together
This article, part 4 in a series, discusses how to use, publish, maintain and govern the enterprise architecture.

Principles of ROI Development for Data Quality Projects
by Diby Malakar
This article outlines 15 principles of ROI development for data quality (DQ) projects that can be leveraged across any industry.

Taking the Temperature of Your Data
by Thomas A. Rathburn
Enhanced model performance comes from extracting as much information content as possible… relative to the specific performance metrics you are using to measure success.

It's All About the Data
by Noreen Kendle
It would be wonderful to be able to simple purchase a tool or technology and have your data challenges disappear. It is time to step back and take a much needed different look at data.

Enterprise Architecture – Connect-the-Dots for Adults, Part 3
by Scott Benson
Approaches for Developing an Enterprise Architecture
This article, the third in a series on enterprise architecture, discusses the approaches to developing an enterprise architecture, describing the methods, benefits and pitfalls of each.

Business Analysis: A Guide to Better Business Requirements
by Stephan Streitberger
This article presents ten business analysis guidelines, representing best practices from successful projects.

Too Simple, Too Soon
by Larry Burns
The author explains an application development approach advocated by many proponents of agile application development that can cause future problems for developers, while potentially sacrificing the integrity and reusability of the data.

American ITIL – Winning The Metadata Contest
by John Singer
This article describes how an IT process excellence movement will energize and reinvigorate metadata management.

The Data Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Chapter 7
by Robert S. Seiner
The Tactical Layer – The Data Domain Steward

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