Posts tagged: efficiency

Value Proposition: Why do I need to do Data Governance now?

Recently an associate commented that perhaps we could better gain buy-in by answering the question “why now?” Adding the dimension of time was an interesting twist on spelling out the value proposition. After all, many businesses operations have been running fine for years with only ad-hoc data governance processes.  What would be the risk of [...]

Monday December 13th, 2010 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

The Gap Between Perception and Reality

In order for any IT pro to really enjoy watching NCIS, they have to suspend reality particularly when McGee goes into action. Not action in the field, rather when he instantly gets into databases and merges the results to discover the trail of the villain. It really is BI nirvana.

Tuesday January 19th, 2010 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Minimizing What is Governed – Shortening the Path to Action

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 [...]

Tuesday July 21st, 2009 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

Governance and Innovation – Complimentary or Contradictory

On LinkedIn, the following question was posted by Asad Quraishi in the IT Governance Group discussions. Does IT governance promote innovation? There’s enough compelling research demonstrating the value of governance to the bottom line. This ranges from studies showing that firms using IT governance best practices are 20% more profitable than their peers to showing [...]

Thursday June 18th, 2009 in , , , , , , , , , | No Comments »

Innovation via Data Governance

To some people, Data Governance and innovation seem like contradictory  subjects. A perception exists that governance as a whole squelches innovation. That may be the case if a data governance program is poorly implemented and attempts to police the data environment with unyielding zeal. If another approach is taken, then data governance can become the [...]

Monday July 21st, 2008 in , , , , , , | No Comments »

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