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Customer Executed Data Quality
I was intrigued to hear that a couple of weeks ago, Google finally killed off their ‘Image Labeler’ game/service/tool thingy. I remember back in 2006, when it first arrived as a ‘beta’, thinking it...
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Thank-you DataQualityPro.com
Just wanted to say a quick thanks to @dataqualitypro for making me their newest ‘featured member’. The interview is now up on the site here. It’s a fantastic opportunity for me to reach some new people...
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The Big Sell
I recently started a discussion topic over at DataQualityPro.com asking people to discuss how they have managed to achieve buy-in to data quality related initiatives. There have been some fantastic...
View ArticleIs there a Doctor in the House?
I’ve been reading Danette McGilvray’s excellent book, Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information, in which she uses the analogy of a Doctor utilising a “quick...
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Categorically Clear-Cut Categories
As part of my current role I’ve been heavily involved in the definition, documentation, and implementation of data quality rules as part of a Solvency II (Solvency 2) programme. One of the big...
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The Balancing Act
In considering data as an organisational resource it is important to realise that it is quite different from other resources. Data is obviously not a tangible resource like product components in a...
View ArticleSo What?
One of the most frustrating questions I can hear as a data quality practitioner is simply two words; “so what?” It’s not that it’s a difficult question to answer (although attributing costs and impacts...
View ArticleDIY Data Management
I’ve just been reading Phil Simon’s Data Roundtable post, ‘Excel, Office 15 and Big Data’, in which he ponders a few questions regarding Microsoft’s updating of their most popular software offerings....
View ArticleSolvency 2 FSA Data Audit for IMAP
I haven’t written a post about Solvency 2 (or Solvency II if you prefer) for a while and given it is still my primary focus with my current client I thought it was about time I gave a quick update. For...
View ArticleSolvency 2 – Lessons Learnt (Part 1)
I haven’t posted in a while; partly from a lack of inspiration but mostly from the fact that I’ve been eye-ball deep in Solvency 2 data related activity. However I thought it would be good to try and...
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