TDAN.com – Archive
December 2009
Articles The “Non-Invasive Data Governance”™ Operating Model
by Robert S. Seiner
A Framework of Roles & Responsibilities
Bob Seiner uses the term “Operating Model” because the roles & responsibilities of a “Non-Invasive Data Governance”™ program play such a crucial role in the operational success or failure of this type of endeavor – from best practices, to acceptability, to long-term sustainability.
The Power of a Common Business Language
by Adam Giles, Tom Hammergren
This article explains how companies create and standardize their common business language – terms, definitions, and related metrics – to prevent “metrics confusion,” accelerate deployment and maintenance of enterprise information systems, and increase focus on analyzing and decision making instead of collecting, debating, and reworking numbers. The result is improved quality of enterprise information systems and greater efficiencies in the deployment, maintenance, and consumption of information.
Lean IT Value Streams: An Entity Lifecycle Approach
by Charles Betz
This article describes a framework for both managing and understanding IT value and its underpinnings, incorporating principles from Lean, the major IT frameworks, enterprise architecture, and other sources from the IT management and software engineering literatures.
Best Practices for IT Service Management
by Robert Pentuk
How do you quantitatively measure the value of IT services to your organization? “I can’t” and “I don’t” are not the answers your CEO is looking for. Adopting best practices for IT service management (ITSM) ensures that you know the value of IT services.
Special Features Not About Data Governance: My Father’s Son
by Robert S. Seiner
A Thanks-Giving Message
Bob Seiner has written many articles about data governance. Some people tell him that he has a passion for the subject. This is not one of those articles. In this article, Bob takes a step back and writes about something he should be more passionate about. Interview with Larry English
by Larry P. English, Robert S. Seiner
Information Quality Applied - Larry's New Book
This special feature is an interview of Larry P. English conducted by Robert S. Seiner. The interview focuses on Larry's new book, Information Quality Applied. More Special Features >
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Featured Columns The Decision Model – December 2009
by Larry Goldberg, Barbara von Halle
“Bottom Up”
Portions of this article are drawn from the book, The Decision Model: A Business Logic Framework Linking Business and Technology, von Halle & Goldberg, © 2009 Auerbach Publications/Taylor & Francis, LLC. This article consists, in part, of abstracts from the book; directly quoted passages, diagrams and tables are cited, and are copyright © 2009 Auerbach Publications/Taylor & Francis LLC. Reprinted with the permission of the Publisher. SELECT * FROM Celko - December 2009
by Joe Celko
A professional programmer plans for the future on any platform, hardware or software. IT and BI Career Development - December 2009
by Jennifer Hay
The IT Career Assessment Tool
Jennifer Hay describes how you can use the IT Career Assessment and how to evaluate your results. More Featured Columns >
Perspectives Managing Risk in a Flat World
by Isaac Cheifetz
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