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How to Deliver Data Quality with Data Governance: Ryan Doupe, CDO of American Fidelity, 9-Step Process

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Several weeks ago (prior to the Omicron wave), I got to attend my first conference in roughly two years: Dataversity’s Data Quality and Information Quality Conference. Ryan Doupe, Chief Data Officer of American Fidelity, held a thought-provoking session that resonated with me. Step 2: Data Definitions.

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Poor Data Quality is Pervasive, Impacting Trust in Data and Success Across Data Programs

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For the report, more than 450 data and analytics professionals worldwide were surveyed about the state of their data programs. Low data quality is a pervasive theme across the survey results, reducing trust in data used for decision-making and challenging organizations’ ability to achieve success in their data programs.

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What Is DataOps? Definition, Principles, and Benefits

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In essence, DataOps is a practice that helps organizations manage and govern data more effectively. However, there is a lot more to know about DataOps, as it has its own definition, principles, benefits, and applications in real-life companies today – which we will cover in this article! Automated testing to ensure data quality.

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You Don’t Know Data! (The Importance of Sound Definitions)

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Edwards Deming, the father of statistical quality control, said: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” When looking at the world of IT and applied to the dichotomy of software and data, Deming’s quote applies to the software part of that pair.

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Through the Looking Glass: Supply-Side Data Governance

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Fit for Purpose data has been a foundational concept of Data Governance for as long as I’ve been in the field…so that’s 10-15 years now. Most data quality definitions take Fit-for-Purpose as a given.

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Why Data without Context Lacks Integrity

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According to a 2023 study from the LeBow College of Business , data enrichment and location intelligence figured prominently among executives’ top 5 priorities for data integrity. 53% of respondents cited missing information as a critical challenge impacting data quality. What is data integrity?

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Data Speaks for Itself: Is Metadata Data?

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Well, of course, metadata is data. Our standard definition explicitly says that metadata is data describing other data. The reason I ask it is because we seem to think about and manage metadata as somehow different than “normal data” such as business operations […]