It was quite a few years ago that I developed a model very similar to this as part of a repeatable methodology for traditional BI deployments. Over the years I have used this to great success in a number of large BI deployments.
As I ventured into the world of MDM, if felt that the model could be adapted to provide a similar methodology for MDM deployment. I think it works, however, I suppose if I didn’t I wouldn’t be writing about it …
It is too often that data governance initiatives focus purely on the initial goals and deliverables, and forget about planning for continuous improvement. Once the project manager leaves and the team is disbanded, with no continued monitoring and measurement in place, the initial successes are wiped out as the in-life deployment flounders in a sea of change and static advancement.
Our plans and goals need to be set against direct, identifiable business needs. The only way we can place a benefit value against a technology project, whether it is efficiency savings, risk reduction or business operational improvement, is to align it with a need or pain within the business.
As we all know Santa is a very busy man at this time of the year. However for him to be able to run his operation with such military precision, he works all year round, with the help of his trusty team of Elves, Reindeer and dear old long suffering Mother Christmas.
One day in early January Santa was sitting on a beach in the Bahamas, enjoying a well earned break, when he received a call on his iPhone (yes even Santa has an iPhone!)
“Hello is that Sir Nick?’ asked the caller
Education is vital in driving data governance to the front line, allowing the people to own the data. Widening the enterprises understanding of the need, risks, impact and benefits of data governance will smooth the path to success and ensure that they continue to follow that path as they do ‘do’ data governance.
In my recent blog series on MDM I brought up the topic of “Data Governance at the Front Line”. It is an important topic for me and with data governance currently high on the agenda, if the recent blogs and media publications are anything to go by, at the risk of a bit of repetition I thought it needed further attention. [...]
Over the last six months I have gone through a step change in my belief in the capabilities of social media.[...]
It was Galileo who said “All truths are easy to understand once they are discovered; the point is to discover them” and I couldn’t think of a more apt opening statement to this debate [...]
I kicked off this series with the statement ‘MDM – It’s not about the technology’. However, as I was writing, I knew that I would have to close off and talk about the technology, it is a key part of the MDM world, a critical enabler to MDM success. So, at the risk of sounding like a complete hypocrite and contradicting myself, let’s talk about the technology. [...]
Part 1 of this series introduced us to the concept that MDM is not about the technology, you need to get the People and Process side of the strategic triangle right before selecting and deploying your chosen technology. In part 2 we covered the relationship between Business Process and MDM and how dependent they are of each other. Now in part 3 we are going to take a look at the ‘People’ part of MDM, from a business perspective. [...]
