At a practical level, the goal of a business glossary should be to eliminate confusion caused by using the same term/word to mean different things. The business glossary creates a common language and understanding about business term in use in the business. This seems simple until one tries to do it! For example. let’s assume that…
Data engineering is the term that has emerged to describe the tasks related to delivering useful data for analytics – particularly in relation to data science. With between 60% and 90% of the effort of most big data project allocated to data engineering tasks, the role has matured as organisations found that traditional data scientists…
The digital shift is fundamentally altering the way we do business, in effect taking away the power of big business – and handing more of this power over to the consumer who is now more able to call the shots on what they want and how they want it served. Businesses are evolving to meet…
Last week, we looked at why we need a business glossary. This week we will discuss what we capture in a business glossary. First, and most obviously, we capture business terms. Business terms A business term is a word or phrase that describes a concept that is used in a particular branch of business. Examples…
In its most basic form a business glossary is a set of definitions for commonly used business terms, aggregations, etc Many organisations may start with a spreadsheet of terms. However, over time, the need to provide context to the business glossary will in most cases require the implementation of a tool, like Collibra’s Data Governance…
It is traditional at this time of the year to look forward at trends that will shape the year. From a data perspective I believe that 2019 will be a year of finding balance between three conflicting requirements 1. Business’ continuing need for self service – particularly to support analytics. Business stakeholders looking for insights…
