Dataversity - Data Quality - 20210826
Dataversity - Data Quality - 20210826
• Recognized industry expert in information • Excellence in Data Management Award Follow on Twitter @donnaburbank
management with over 25 years of from DAMA International @GlobalDataStrat
experience in data strategy, information
• Past President and Advisor to the DAMA
management, data modeling, metadata
Rocky Mountain chapter
management, and enterprise architecture
• Co-author of several books on data
• Managing Director at Global Data Strategy,
management
Ltd., an international information
management consulting company that • Regular contributor to industry
specializes in the alignment of business publications
drivers with data-centric technology • She can be reached at
• Worked with dozens of Fortune 500 [email protected]
companies worldwide in the Americas, Donna is based in Boulder, Colorado, US
Europe, Asia, and Africa and speaks
regularly at industry conferences
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Nigel Turner
• Spent much of his career in British • Nigel is very active in professional Data
Telecommunications Group (BT) Management organizations and is an
where he led a series of enterprise- elected Data Management Association
wide IM & data governance initiatives. (DAMA) UK Committee member.
• Also been VP of Information • He was the joint winner of DAMA
Management Strategy at Harte Hanks International’s 2015 Community Award
Trillium Software, and Principal for the work he initiated and led in
• Worked in Information Management Consultant at FromHereOn and IPL. setting up a mentoring scheme in the
(IM) and related areas for over 25 UK where experienced DAMA
years. Experience has embraced Data professionals coach and support newer
Governance, Information Strategy, data management professionals.
Data Quality, Data Governance, Master • Nigel is based in Cardiff, Wales, UK.
Data Management & Business
Intelligence.
• January Emerging Trends in Data Architecture – What’s the Next Big Thing?
• February Building a Data Strategy - Practical Steps for Aligning with Business Goals
• March Data Modeling Case Study – Business Data Modeling at Kiewit
• April Master Data Management – Aligning Data, Process, and Governance
• May Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, Platform Architecture – What’s the Difference?
• June Enterprise Architecture vs. Data Architecture
• July Best Practices in Metadata Management
• August Data Quality Best Practices (with guest Nigel Turner)
• September Data Modeling Techniques
• October Data Governance: Aligning Technical & Business Approaches
• December Data Architecture for Digital Transformation
• Discuss how to deliver data quality improvements in the Baseline & Develop
phases of the A2E methodology
• Highlight the critical role of Business Rules in improving Data Quality
• Illustrate why getting Business Rules right is critical
• Outline how to use Business Rules to correct poor data quality and sustain
improved data quality
Include: Include:
• Field length • Allowable values
(fixed, variable etc.) • Whether mandatory or
• Character format optional
(e.g. Alphabetic, Numeric, • Relationships with other
Alphanumeric etc.) fields or records
FORMAT RULES
CONTENT RULES
• Every Sales Representative must be assigned to one and only one Sales Region
• A valid email address must be entered by a customer to enable a customer’s
order to be accepted
CONTENT
• Gender codes must have the valid value of Male, Female or Unknown
• A supplier must have at least one associated geographical address
• Product Price should be Product Unit Cost + 25%
Department
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Deriving Business Rules: Business Data Model
• Communication & definition of core data concepts & their definitions
BUSINESS RULE:
A CUSTOMER is a
• A business data BUSINESS RULE: current or former client
model provides An EMPLOYEE must be who must have had an
core definitions on the active payroll account active within
of key data the last 6 months
objects.
• It also shows key
relationships
between data
objects.
• Even a simple
diagram as the
one on the right
can tell a
powerful “story”
…. And
uncover key
business rules
BUSINESS RULE:
A COMPANY must
contain 1 or more
customers with an
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When Business Rules Go Wrong or Go Missing
REAL
DATA
LIFE QUALITY
STORIES
HORROR
2021
STEP 1:
Profile
data
sources
STEP 2:
STEP 4:
Agree
Monitor &
priority DQ
report CYCLE OF CONTINUOUS
problems &
adherence DATA QUALITY
IMPROVEMENT design
to Business
Business
Rules
Rules
STEP 3:
Deploy
Business
Rules
Source:
Only 3% of Companies’ Data
Meets Basic Quality Standards
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Step 1: Data Profiling & Potential Data Quality Problem Identification
ROLE
EMPLOYEE NO SURNAME FIRST NAME GENDER DATE OF BIRTH
CODE
DATE OF
EMPLOYEE NO SURNAME FIRST NAME GENDER ROLE CODE
BIRTH
Data Entry
Guidelines, Master & Reference
Business Glossary Data Management
& Training
REPORTING
Batch
LAYER
Validation
Global Data Strategy’s shares experience from some of the largest Global Data Strategy has worked with organizations globally in the
international organizations scaled to the pace of your unique team. following industries:
Finance · Retail · Social Services · Health Care · Education · Manufacturing
· Government · Public Utilities · Construction · Media & Entertainment ·
Insurance …. and more
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DATAVERSITY Data Architecture Strategies
This Year’s Lineup
• January Emerging Trends in Data Architecture – What’s the Next Big Thing?
• February Building a Data Strategy - Practical Steps for Aligning with Business Goals
• March Data Modeling Case Study – Business Data Modeling at Kiewit
• April Master Data Management – Aligning Data, Process, and Governance
• May Data Architecture, Solution Architecture, Platform Architecture – What’s the Difference?
• June Enterprise Architecture vs. Data Architecture
• July Best Practices in Metadata Management
• August Data Quality Best Practices (with guest Nigel Turner)
• September Data Modeling Techniques
• October Data Governance: Aligning Technical & Business Approaches
• December Data Architecture for Digital Transformation
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