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Curated discussions from the Data Quality Pro Forum

Did you know that over on LinkedIn we have a popular group called the Data Quality and Data Governance Professionals Forum?

With over 7,500 members, 100’s of topics discussed, and many years of excellent community engagement - it will give you a headstart on some of those thorny data quality or data governance questions you’ve been wrestling with.

Why not check out some of the most popular discussions below, or submit your own question into the group?

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Creating a Data Quality Firewall and Data Quality SLA

How do you prevent poor levels of supplier data quality impacting your organisation?

The answer? Through the adoption of a Data Quality Firewall and ongoing Data Quality SLA process.

This post creates a blueprint for creating your own Data Quality Firewall and ensuring your data quality SLA provides certified, high quality data throughout your organisation.

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How to Create an Information Chain

Understanding how data flows around your business to deliver value to your internal and external customers is critical to effective data quality management. In this article we take a look at some simple techniques required to deliver effective information chain management.

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23 Tips for Creating Effective Data Quality Scorecards

Data Quality Scorecards are one of the most vital resources for guiding your team and motivating your project sponsors towards the goal of data quality management.

But how do you go about creating a data quality scorecard and what are some of the key points to consider?

Here are 23 pointers to set you in the right direction.

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How Do You Create Data Quality KPI’s?

Creating a Data Quality KPI (Key Performance Indicator) is a critcal step in measuring, monitoring and controlling the impact of poor quality data in any organisation.

In this post, we respond to a request for help from one of our community members struggling to create Data Quality KPI’s:

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Business Systems Modelling: Data Structure Modelling (Tutorial 2) by John Owens

A poorly designed data model can cause major data quality issues when the final information system is launched. In the second part of his expert modelling series, John Owens provides another detailed tutorial that explains the core techniques of effective data structure modelling as found in his Integrated Modelling Method (IMM).

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How to Create a Data Quality Policy

What is a data quality policy and what are the key sections?

Who should create it and how is it executed?

There are many questions posed when creating a data quality policy for your organisation. Use this article as a guide to getting started and creating a data quality policy that is right for your organisation.

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How to Move From Data Analyst to Data Quality Analyst

If you’re working as a data analyst perhaps it’s time to shift your focus to data quality analyst roles to help increase your career potential? If that’s something you’ve considered then the next question you’ll pose is what additional skills will I need? Fortunately you’ll find that many of your data analyst skills are exactly what companies are searching for in a data quality analyst.

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