Recently I was booking air travel and some of the options struck me as odd routes. You know, going to your destination with two lay-over’s and a plane change. Oh and it takes about twice as long as a direct flight while the difference in price is minimal. So if we would not book our travel that way and we would not choose circuitous routes when driving either. Yet, routinely we architect information systems this way with higher overhead and operating expenses than needs to be spent to achieve the same goal. Read more »
Four Steps to Action
Two things many of my readers are searching for are a good definition for data steward, and a practical path to actionable data governance. This entry addresses the latter. While there is no silver bullet, here are four steps you can take after you get your senior management support. Read more »
Tonight I witnessed a little entertainment over dinner. My home has a view over a channel off the Puget Sound near Seattle. Some poor soul ended up putting his very shiny sailboat hard aground not far from the house. They launched into a flurry of action, got the engine started, and finally had the presence of mind to douse the sails. This got me thinking about the importance of key risk metrics and the importance of keeping an eye on them (I’m weird like that). Read more »
