August 2008
Real World Data Modeling
When I first entered into the world of data modeling, after several years of being a programmer and computer operator, there was a paradigm shift required to embrace the concepts behind structuring data to…
Value Of A Roadmap
Whether you are beginning to develop your analytics program, or re-architecting an existing one, long term success depends on having a right-sized, sound approach, and a realistic plan. More and more today, in our…
Project Retrospectives … Post-Mortems Revisited
Remember post-mortems from the olden days? Way back when, we used to dread them because it meant that the system we just implemented was DOA (dead on arrival). Not that we had to wait…
Business Processes Modeling – Another Responsibility of Data Stewards
Along with a deep understanding of the data and meta data, data stewards must thoroughly understand the business processes needed for optimum performance. An excellent way to gain this understanding is to carefully and…
Why Isn’t Enterprise Architecture In The Big Time?
Consider the supposed purpose of Enterprise Architecture (EA): “The Enterprise Architect connects the IT Organization to business goals” (Van Meter 2008). Then consider the IT budget – anticipated by one respected research organization to…
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