TDAN.com – Archive
January 2011
Articles Why Data Models Cannot Work
by Malcolm Chisholm
Published in TDAN.com in February 2009
Malcolm Chisholm explains why enterprise-level information knowledge management will never be attained by producing a comprehensive set of data models.
So You Want to be a Data Champion?
by Tom Carlock
Published in TDAN.com in April 2008
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.
It's All About the Data
by Noreen Kendle
Published in TDAN.com in January 2008
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.
Is Your Organization Too Unique to Use Universal Data Models?
by Len Silverston
Published in TDAN.com in September 1999
Some of the material presented in this article was excerpted with permission from The Data Model Resource Book: A Library of Logical Data Models and Data Warehouse Designs published by John
Wiley and Sons and authored by Len Silverston, W. H. Inmon and Ke
Integrated Metadata for Business Information Systems
by Michael M. Gorman
Published in TDAN.com in June 2010
In this article, Michael Gorman sets out an overall contextual diagram for an environment as it relates to a large scale data-centric business information system project, briefly defines each of the data model components of this environment and briefly describes how business information systems architecture, engineering, and deployment components are interrelated one with the other through data models.
Taking Inventory of the Unstructured World
by Bill Inmon
Published in TDAN.com in January 2010
Most corporations have never even attempted to try to manage their corporate documents even though some of the most valuable information the corporation has is found in documents.
The Soft Stuff is the Hard Stuff: Consulting 101
by Graeme Simsion
Published in TDAN.com in August 2007
Simsion’s Consulting Skills workshop has been the highest rated presentation at the past three DAMA / Metadata conferences, and at the 2006 European event. For TDAN's 10th anniversary, he
shares some of the most important ideas from the workshop.
Creating and Establishing a Common Language
by Adam Giles, Tom Hammergren
Published in TDAN.com in January 2010
A common business language is a powerful tool within any enterprise. Adam Giles and Tom Hammergren explain how to get there without a major investment.
Special Features DGPO – What does it mean to you?
by Davida Berger, Michele Koch
Data Governance Professionals Organization
This Special Feature from Davida Berger and Michele Koch provides an introduction to the newly formed Data Governance Professionals Organization (DGPO). Interview with Steve Adler - IBM Info Governance
by Steven B. Adler, Robert S. Seiner
Bob Seiner interviews Steven B. Adler of IBM on the current state and future of the data and information governance discipline. More Special Features >
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Featured Columns The Database Report - January 2011
by Craig S. Mullins
Reporting on Database Industry News from October through December 2010
Craig Mullins provides a recap of database industry news for the last quarter of 2010. Data Mining in Practice – January 2011
by Tim Graettinger, Ph.D.
The Nuts and Bolts of Data Mining: Missing Data
This installment of Tim Graettinger’s series on the nuts and bolts of data mining tackles missing data. The Data Modeling Addict - January 2011
by Chris Bradley, Donna Burbank, Steve Hoberman
Identify Model Purpose
In this article, Steve Hoberman explains his first of ten Data Modeling Steps, Identify Model Purpose. More Featured Columns >
Perspectives Managing Risk in a Flat World
by Isaac Cheifetz
More Perspectives >
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