A recent Information Management article by Steve Hoberman, explored the impact of cloud computing on data modeling. I think he makes some very good points about the impact on data integration, in particular the importance of managing the semantic layer. If we take this to be true, then those who expect to excel in the space will need mature metadata management and data governance practices. Read more »
Of all the posts on my blog, the one that draws the most interest is my humorous story about the definition of data steward and data custodian. Commonly, people find it while looking for a good definition and list of responsibilities for a data steward or data custodian. The following is being posted to help answer that question.
These definitions and lists of responsibilities evolved over time while interacting with experts from a variety of companies. One caveat, these are job functions not job titles. The focus is on what someone does as part of their daily work. In some instances someone may be both a Data Custodian and a Data Steward. The responsibilities represent the collection of actions taken by someone fulfilling these functions. Normally, they have job titles such as Business Analyst, Functional Analyst, Data Analyst, Data Base Administrator, Data Modeler, and so on….
Use them and help evolve them….
Here are the definitions: Read more »
