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February 2010

Articles

Non-Invasive Data Governance Explained
by Robert S. Seiner
Considerations for the NIDG Approach
A lot of people ask Bob Seiner, "How can we possibly implement a Data Governance Program in a Non-Invasive way?”. Check here to find the answer.

Architecture Made Easy, Part 8
by Mark Gleason, James Luisi
Enterprise Architecture: Profit versus Cost Centers and the Parallels of Industry versus Government
The authors provide a new perspective to help better understand the mind-sets and principles that operate within profit centers and cost centers. They call this "architecting the mind-set of the enterprise."

Reference Data Management
by Michael M. Gorman
The objective of this paper is to present the Whitemarsh approach to managing a very critical set of enterprise data: reference data.

Special Features

Interview with Davida Berger
by Davida Berger, Robert S. Seiner
2010 Data Governance Conference - June 2010
In this Special Feature, Bob Seiner interviews Davida Berger about the 2010 Data Governance Conference, the Data Governance Best Practice Award, and other related subjects.

Interview with Steve Hoberman
by Steve Hoberman, Robert S. Seiner
Data Modeling Book and Industry
For this Special Feature, Bob Seiner interviews Steve Hoberman about his new book, the challenges facing the data modeling industry and data modeling education.

MDM & Data Governance Readiness Assessment
by Aaron Zornes
Integrators & Consultancies: An MDM Institute Report
This report is published in coordination with the IRMUK Data Governance Europe Conference to be held in London in April. To learn more about the event, please click through the IRMUK DG/MDM banner on the far left side of the page. This report provides a synopsis of why system integrators are essential to the success of your MDM and Data Governance (DG) projects and how an enterprise might evaluate the capabilities of your “new” potential SI partners.

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Featured Columns

Business Rules – February 2010
by Ronald G. Ross
Interview with Ron Ross
In this interview, Ron Ross emphasizes the importance of understanding the value of data quality in the context of being able to make high-quality decisions in the day-to-day operations of the business.

Conquering the Logical-Physical Divide – Feb 2010
by Larry Burns
Model-Driven
Larry Burns relates the benefits of approaching data modeling in an Agile fashion.

DAMA Corner – February 2010
by DAMA International, Loretta Mahon Smith, CCP, CBIP, CDMP
Special News from Around the World

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Perspectives

Managing Risk in a Flat World
by Isaac Cheifetz

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