TDAN.com – Archive
May 2009
Articles Data Governance Value Statements
by Robert S. Seiner
Focus on Cause & Effect
Anybody that has been a consultant or an employee at some point in their life, or anybody who has tried to convince anybody to do something, has used a Value Statement to demonstrate the worthiness
of some type of endeavor.
Taking Inventory of the Unstructured World
by Bill Inmon, Krish Krishnan
The corporate document catalog is a good start for getting your hands around all of the important unstructured information in your corporation.
Thoughts on Data Quality
by Craig S. Mullins
Craig Mullins looks at the barriers and inhibitors to data quality.
Data Models and Data Profiling
by Michael Smilg, CDMP, MBA
Complementary Techniques
Data models and data profiling are complementary techniques. Although data models do not tell us the whole truth, profiling the database does not provide the whole truth either. In fact, both may be
misleading. However, used together, they can provide better insight into the data.
Special Features Interview with Len Silverston of Universal Data Models
by Robert S. Seiner, Len Silverston
This interview of Len Silverston is conducted by Robert Seiner and focuses on Len's new book, The Data Model Resource Book Volume 3. Enterprise MDM Market Review & Forecast
by Aaron Zornes
Master Data Management Summit Europe 2009
Please Note: This Special Feature is being run in cooperation with the IRM UK Master Data Management Summit Europe 2009. Aaron Zornes is one of the organizers of this event. For more information,
please click here. Eye on TDWI – Las Vegas 2009
by Ross Morrissey
Trip Report – TDWI Las Vegas
Ross Morrissey reports on the most recent TDWI World Conference. More Special Features >
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Featured Columns Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide - May 2009
by Larry Burns
The Logical-Physical Divide
Larry Burns describes the Data Services Stack – a model, or paradigm, for the interaction of applications and data, based on models such as the TCP/IP stack (in which higher-level communication
protocols are built on top of lower-level ones). Architecture Is Objective, Design Is Subjective – May 2009
by Adrian Miley
The Business Information Model
This column focuses on the business information model and the minimum level of detail that needs to be considered to use it as part of the enterprise data architecture framework. Business Rules – May 2009
by Ronald G. Ross
RuleSpeak Sentence Forms: Specifying Natural-Language Business Rules in English
What matters above all else is in capturing and expressing business rules is effective business communication. Sticking to that perspective sometimes proves difficult for those responsible for
technical implementation. They may want to get to the IT versions directly. But doing that will not help with capturing the business rules succinctly from the business perspective. The purpose of the
RuleSpeak Sentence Forms is to ensure that written business rules are more easily understood. They also help ensure that different practitioners working on a large set of business rules
express the same ideas in the same way. DAMA Corner – May 2009
by DAMA International, Loretta Mahon Smith, CCP, CBIP, CDMP
Loretta Mahon Smith provides a DAMA update. More Featured Columns >
Perspectives Managing Risk in a Flat World
by Isaac Cheifetz
More Perspectives >
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