Alation

JULY 15, 2022

In the Cambridge Analytica case, the company went from a data strategy focused on monetisation by increased revenue to company closure due to the reputational damage from the negative media and public response. Clearly, using private Facebook data collected in a nefarious manner to sway political elections is not ethical.

Cost-Benefit 89

Cost-Benefit Data Governance ROI Risk 89

O'Reilly on Data

JULY 28, 2020

Qualitative data collection tools (such as SurveyMonkey , Qualtrics , and Google Forms ) should be joined with interface prototyping tools (such as Invision and Balsamiq ), and with data prototyping tools (such as Jupyter Notebooks ) to form an ecosystem for product development and testing. Data Quality and Standardization.

Marketing 362

Marketing Experimentation Metrics Testing 362

Smart Data Collective

SEPTEMBER 22, 2021

These platforms essentially prevent the need to regularly transfer files by storing them in a shared repository featuring access and privacy controls and ensuring users always have the most recent iteration of the document when collaborating on a document.

Unstructured Data 114

Unstructured Data Management Cost-Benefit Finance 114

Alation

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Benefits of a Data Catalog. What Does a Data Catalog Do? A modern data catalog includes many features and functions that all depend on the core capability of cataloging data—collecting the metadata that identifies and describes the inventory of shareable data. Conclusion.

Metadata 64

Metadata Data Lake Recreation/Entertainment Big Data 64

O'Reilly on Data

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The safest course of action is also the slowest and most expensive: obtain your training data as part of a collection strategy that includes efforts to obtain the correct representative sample under an explicit license for use as training data. How I use it: I like to ask this as early as possible.

Consulting 296

Consulting Risk Cost-Benefit Modeling 296

CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 30, 2024

“Always the gatekeepers of much of the data necessary for ESG reporting, CIOs are finding that companies are even more dependent on them,” says Nancy Mentesana, ESG executive director at Labrador US, a global communications firm focused on corporate disclosure documents. Most companies find themselves in a similar situation.

Reporting 115

Reporting Data Quality Strategy Data-driven 115

Cloudera

AUGUST 30, 2022

It outlines a scenario in which “recently married people might want to change their names on their driver’s licenses or other documentation. That should be easy, but when agencies don’t share data or applications, they don’t have a unified view of people. Data quality issues deter trust and hinder accurate analytics.

Data Architecture 76

Data Architecture Data Lake Metadata Data Warehouse 76

IBM Big Data Hub

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

Using data, user research and human-centered design to effectively address these considerations can help you develop a clear modernization strategy that objectively drives your priorities, backlogs and roadmaps. The pain point tracker clusters the foundational data in which value metrics are then applied. time (how much time is lost?)

Data-driven 90

Data-driven IT Measurement Cost-Benefit 90

Cloudera

AUGUST 4, 2021

Data governance used to be considered a “nice to have” function within an enterprise, but it didn’t receive serious attention until the sheer volume of business and personal data started taking off with the introduction of smartphones in the mid-2000s. Security: It must serve data throughout a system.

Data Governance 83

Data Governance Metadata Data-driven Enterprise 83

datapine

AUGUST 29, 2022

Most people are aware that companies collect our GPS locale, text messages, credit card purchases, social media posts, Google search history, etc., and this book will give you an insight into their data collecting procedures and the reasons behind them.

Big Data 263

Big Data Data Analytics Analytics Data mining 263

Andrew White

JANUARY 9, 2022

Is there a good map that shows the connections between data, advanced analytics, digital, innovation, etc. I would have to admit that there are few documents that talk about all the connections across any set of topics. Much as the analytics world shifted to augmented analytics, the same is happening in data management.

Analytics 64

Analytics Measurement Modeling Data-driven 64

datapine

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

They can govern the implementation with a documented business case and be responsible for changes in scope. On the flip side, document everything that isn’t working. What data analysis questions are you unable to currently answer? Clean data in, clean analytics out. Develop a “Data Dictionary”. It’s that simple.

Business Intelligence 218

Business Intelligence Strategy Cost-Benefit Key Performance Indicator 218

Alation

DECEMBER 15, 2021

Modern business is built on a foundation of trusted data. Yet high-volume collection makes keeping that foundation sound a challenge, as the amount of data collected by businesses is greater than ever before. An effective data governance strategy is critical for unlocking the full benefits of this information.

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Strategy Metadata Data Strategy 52

Rocket-Powered Data Science

MARCH 20, 2023

We live in a data-rich, insights-rich, and content-rich world. Data collections are the ones and zeroes that encode the actionable insights (patterns, trends, relationships) that we seek to extract from our data through machine learning and data science.

Data Warehouse 324

Data Warehouse Metadata Digital Transformation Unstructured Data 324

Alation

FEBRUARY 17, 2023

How do you get executives to understand the value of data governance? First, document your successes of good data, and how it happened. Share stories of data in good times and in bad (pictures help!). Some data seems more analytical, while other is operational (external facing). Seeing is believing!

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Data Quality Metadata Cost-Benefit 52

O'Reilly on Data

MARCH 24, 2020

Beyond the autonomous driving example described, the “garbage in” side of the equation can take many forms—for example, incorrectly entered data, poorly packaged data, and data collected incorrectly, more of which we’ll address below. The model and the data specification become more important than the code.

Machine Learning 346

Machine Learning Statistics Data Quality Modeling 346

DataKitchen

JANUARY 23, 2023

DataOps Observability includes monitoring and testing the data pipeline, data quality, data testing, and alerting. Data testing is an essential aspect of DataOps Observability; it helps to ensure that data is accurate, complete, and consistent with its specifications, documentation, and end-user requirements.

Testing 130

Testing Data Governance Data Quality Data-driven 130

datapine

APRIL 16, 2019

3) Gather data now. Gathering the right data is as crucial as asking the right questions. For smaller businesses or start-ups, data collection should begin on day one. Once it is identified, check if you already have this data collected internally, or if you need to set up a way to collect it or acquire it externally.

Data-driven 287

Data-driven Dashboards Visualization Cost-Benefit 287

Alation

JULY 6, 2021

But first, they need to understand the top challenges to data governance, unique to their organization. Source: Gartner : Adaptive Data and Analytics Governance to Achieve Digital Business Success. As data collection and volume surges, so too does the need for data strategy. Why Do Data Silos Happen?

Data Governance 52

Data Governance Metadata Data Quality Risk 52

O'Reilly on Data

DECEMBER 19, 2018

Data management isn’t limited to issues like provenance and lineage; one of the most important things you can do with data is collect it. Given the rate at which data is created, data collection has to be automated. How do you do that without dropping data? Toward a sustainable ML practice.

Machine Learning 261

Machine Learning Software Testing Metadata 261

erwin

JULY 17, 2019

Once you’ve determined what part(s) of your business you’ll be innovating — the next step in a digital transformation strategy is using data to get there. Constructing A Digital Transformation Strategy: Data Enablement. Many organizations prioritize data collection as part of their digital transformation strategy.

Digital Transformation 98

Digital Transformation Strategy Metadata Data-driven 98

Alation

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Folks can work faster, and with more agility, unearthing insights from their data instantly to stay competitive. Yet the explosion of data collection and volume presents new challenges. ” Gilbert further breaks down the data challenges Cbus faced, saying: “[Another] challenge was around understanding the data.

Strategy 52

Strategy Enterprise Analytics Data Governance 52

Jet Global

MAY 16, 2022

And using data collected during a close to make smart company decisions outside of finance is an emerging expectation for the Office of the CFO. You’ll be able to automatically roll over reports to the next period, with the latest data, to jump start the report creation process.

Finance 52

Finance Reporting Management Software 52