Posts tagged: innovation

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 Case for an Enterprise Architect in your Data Governance Program

When I think about information architecture, I cannot help but compare it to the various forms of architecture in the physical world. Structures range from simple tents and tarps to soaring sky scrapers. In fact the original version of this entry started as I thought back on the scrap-wood tree houses we built as kids [...]

Monday February 22nd, 2010 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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