EA: Enterprise Architecture or Egomaniacs Anonymous?
I used to think that ‘EA’ stood for Enterprise Architect. However, having been drowned in the torrent of hot air and hyperbole that flows from EA forums (or should that be fora?) on LinkedIn, I now...
View ArticleSeven Fatal Errors in MDM and How to Avoid Them
[This post was originally written as an article for Hub Designs Magazine in November 2012.] Errors that Kill MDM The business practice referred to as “Master Data Management” or “MDM” is plagued with...
View ArticleThe Business Function Model: Powering the Enterprise
The Business Function Model is the single most powerful business model that an enterprise can have, for this reason it is an essential tool for every Business Analyst and ought be at the core of every...
View ArticleHow ‘As-Is’ BAs Deliver ‘Has-Been’ Enterprises
Spread across the world, there is an army of BAs that are daily sending enterprises backwards in time and building ever higher walls between them and the future. Are these BAs dedicated industrial...
View ArticleEssential Business Modelling Definitions
A recent post I made called “How ‘As-Is’ BAs Deliver ‘Has-Been’ Enterprises” has resulted in a lot of discussion both on this blog and in Linkedin. One of the major things to emerge from all of this...
View ArticleCan Pooping on Your Own Doorstep Improve Data Quality?
Quality Begins There are two things that have to happen in an enterprise if Quality is to exist there. The first is that the management and staff come to know and appreciate what Quality is, the second...
View ArticleBeware! Killer OYsTeRs Devour Projects!
At this very moment in nearly every enterprise around the world the integrity of Business Improvement Projects is being devoured by Killer OYsTeRs. These are not the scrumptious little shellfish that...
View ArticleData Quality Through Dynamic Data Entry
Right First Time Finally, more and more commentators and practitioners in the data quality world are beginning to realise that the essential key to quality data is to ensure that all data is correct at...
View ArticleMDM Seven Fatal Errors & How to Avoid Them!
The business practice referred to as Master Data Management (MDM) is plagued with Seven Fatal Errors that prevent enterprises from achieving any real success in this area, no matter how much effort or...
View ArticleNew IMM Online Store
We are very excited to announce that we have now opened a brand new IMM Online Store, which you can visit at http://imm-store.com. This new store brings together the complete suite of Integrated...
View ArticleHow SCV Causes Fragmented MDM
It’s ironic that a major activity, whose advocates claim will bring integration to Master Data Management (MDM), is actually a major driver of MDM fragmentation in enterprises. Sadly, in the case of...
View ArticleProcesses Tuning Master Class
It costs time and, consequently, money to carry out Business Processes, it is important that they are both effective and efficient. Consequently, a vital stage in building any Process is to ensure...
View ArticleData Quality is Not a Prosthesis, It’s in the Enterprise DNA
Why is it that so many enterprises, even those committed to Data Quality, fail to achieve it? The major reason for this is that they implement all Data Governance and Data Quality activities in the...
View ArticleThe Five Pillars of Preventative Data Quality
If any enterprise is serious about implementing Data Quality, then there are five fundamental actions that it must take in order to lay the foundations for this. These are critical actions as, without...
View ArticleWhat’s the Matter with ‘Meta’?
Misuse is the matter with ‘Meta’. ‘Meta Data’ is a term that is beginning to appear and be misused in blogs and articles on Data Quality. Although Meta Data does have a role to play in Data Quality, it...
View ArticleFogville, DQ – Where Data Defects are Good!
Welcome to Fogville, the place that captures the spirit of Data Quality around the work. Where people dare to say what others fear to think! If you think that a colleague or friend could benefit from...
View ArticleMore on Meta Data Muddle
In his recent entertaining blog post Metadata, So Mom Can Understand, Rob Carel used an example of a TV episode to explain the concept of metadata to the lay man or woman. This example is very useful...
View Article160 Pragmatic, High Quality Definitions for Business and Data Analysts
Quality Practice Begins with Quality Definitions Sadly, in the worlds of business and data analysis and modeling good definitions are hard to find, bad definitions abound and misunderstanding and...
View ArticleIn Fogville Data Errors are Created for the Social Good!
The citizens of Fogville Inc. take a different approach to Data Quality. Does your enterprise have such creative reasons for not eliminating data errors? If so, please write and let me know and I will...
View ArticleNew IMM Book on Business Procedure Modeling – SAVE 50%
My new book on Business Procedure Modeling, the fifth eBook in the IMM series, will be published on Monday 12 July 2013. This book will introduce you to a complete set of key techniques that will...
View Article
