Over the last few month’s our local (South African) DAMA chapter has been running a number of sessions discussing data modelling. Even in these days of “unstructured data” it seems that data modelling is needed more than ever. Why do we need a data model? Strategically, a good data model will help us to determine…
Last week, our data management education partner, eLearningCurve published a post on Career Growth in a Data-Driven Economy. The article, by professional resume writer, Jennifer Hay, focused on the need for data management experience and skills to feature in your curriculum vitae as business is becoming increasingly driven by data. What was unusual was that…
Data governance is a strategic business program that determines and prioritizes the financial benefit data brings to organizations as well as mitigates the business risk of poor data practices and quality – Michelle Goetz We have been helping companies in sub-Saharan Africa implement data governance programs since 2007 – nearly ten years later there are strong…
I’m sure we are all feeling lazy over the holidays so I thought I would cheat by highlighting Dr Thomas Redman’s (@thedatadoc1) great video – Two Minutes that Matter in Data. A simple insight that gets to the crux of why data is a business problem To learn more from Dr Redman check out his online courses Crafting…
