Data Quality Blog Roundup (March 2009 Edition)
DQ Blog Roundup | by Dylan Jones (Editor) Something is stirring in the data quality blogosphere.
Social outlets like Twitter are buzzing with data quality conversations and links to great resources.
There are excellent conversations happening across the different forums on LinkedIn and our own forums too.
The IAIDQ are forging ahead with their certification scheme and there is a carnival coming to town very soon for all data quality bloggers.
So, there has probably never been a better time to launch your own data quality blog.
What are you waiting for? Why not check out our top tips for data quality bloggers, read this planning post and then take the plunge?
Data Quality Blog Roundup (March 2009 Edition)
To give you a taste of some of the leading data quality blogs in the community and the pick of the most recent posts, here is our regular roundup of the best data quality blog posts in March 2009.
If we missed you then apologies, just drop us a line and we'll catch you next time round or add you to the list:
- Data Quality – who needs it!: Paul Tours posts some timely advice on the dangers of solely relying on de-duplication software as a magic fix.
- The Very Model of a Modern DQ General / The Data Quality Goldilocks Zone: Jim Harris publishes more great data quality content over on his new OCDQ Blog, plus Daragh and Jim assure me they will be performing the Gilbert and Sullivan classic live at a conference near you very soon (so I'm reliably informed).
- Change Management - Chaos vs. Stagnation: John Schmidt provides 7 useful change management tips that are equally applicable to data quality scenarios.
- Dead girl given truancy warning: Post by Daragh O Brien on the IQ Trainwrecks blog highlighting the real-life pain of poor data quality and the legal implications for getting it wrong.
- Politics 2.0 and Information Quality / End to End in the the Information Production Line: Daragh O Brien produces another 2 great posts, the first looking at the lack of quality in Irish political party data capture and the next a great piece about the lessons to be learned from the manufacturing industry.
- Data Profiling - Basic Measures: Interesting post by "Sheezaredhead" with some useful guerilla marketing advice for how to get your data quality results noticed when you don't have a sponsor
- Data Quality and Change Management / I Don't Know Much About Data, but I Know What I Like: Paul Erb produces two great posts that deal with the softer side of data quality, instilling the importance of change management in data quality and also a Quixotic
- Reducing False Positives in Customer Screening: Steve Tuck examines the issue of false positives in the finance sector.
- Data Governance and the Coke Machine Syndrome: Long-time data quality blogger, Steve Sarsfield, provides some sage advice for keeping focus during data governance meetings.
- Identifying Duplicate Customers (Part 5): From Data Quality Pro, Jim Harris rounds off his excellent 5 part series of posts exploring challenges and best-practices in managing duplicate customer names plus...
- Interview With David Loshin: David Loshin takes time out to talk to us about MDM, data governance and data quality.
- Importance Of Data Quality In A Down Economy: Chris Cingrani gives some straightforward advice for how to leverage data quality in these troubled times.
Useful Resources
Find all posts in : DQ Blog Roundup
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How to create a professional data quality blog (Part 1 - Planning)
- 20 simple tips to spice up your data quality blog
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