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		<title>The data quality challenge, in pictures</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2012/03/the-data-quality-challenge-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Data quality in most large organizations is commonly known to be rather lacking.  Most would argue that things haven&#8217;t gotten much better since this 2007 Accenture study found that &#8220;Managers Say the Majority of Information Obtained for Their Work Is Useless&#8221;. To some, quotes like that are shocking, but if you think about how information <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2012/03/the-data-quality-challenge-in-pictures/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>The gnarly, subtle-seeming data quality question</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/11/the-gnarly-subtle-seeming-data-quality-question/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 03:53:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve posted a couple of articles at my company’s blog site that reflect my view on data quality efforts: Yes, there is a business case for improving data quality, and I’ve got real business value examples. If you look for real money where you anecdotally know there are data quality problems, you’ll likely find it <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/11/the-gnarly-subtle-seeming-data-quality-question/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Data quality and data governance lessons from national health care</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2011/03/data-quality-data-governance-lessons-from-national-health-care/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Who would want to be a national health care administrator?  Who would want the responsibility for managing health care and formulating health policy for tens or hundreds of millions of people?  It seems obvious that such decisions would rely on quality data.  A recent interview impressed upon me how much data managers can learn from a <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2011/03/data-quality-data-governance-lessons-from-national-health-care/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Metadata goals, ROI, and point solutions</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2010/11/metadata-goals-roi-and-point-solutions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Nov 2010 21:11:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently there has been a long, and very interesting, discussion of do-it-yourself versus third-party metadata tools on LinkedIn&#8217;s TDWI BI and DW discussion forum (membership required to follow the link). I have followed but haven&#8217;t commented, but I suppose I contributed when Information Management kindly published my article on DIY metadata. The discussion is extremely <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2010/11/metadata-goals-roi-and-point-solutions/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>On DW federation, whac-a-mole, and integrating business data</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2010/01/on-dw-federation-whac-a-mole-integrating-business-data/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:39:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Information Management recently sent around their pick of best IM blog articles of 2009.  Among them was Forrester’s James Kobelius’s reaction to Bill Inmon’s “incineration of a straw man concept that he refers to as ‘virtual data warehousing (DW).’” According to Mr. Inmon, virtual data warehousing reminds him of the carnival game called whac-a-mole.  He <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2010/01/on-dw-federation-whac-a-mole-integrating-business-data/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>Coming soon: data like money</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2009/05/coming-soon-data-like-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 14:43:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is a commonplace to say we should manage data like a resource. But when you think about it, data is an asset but not a resource.  Data isn&#8217;t a thing like real estate, employees, or customers, but rather it represents all of those things.  In data-geek-speak, data is a meta-resource that holds information about <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2009/05/coming-soon-data-like-money/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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		<title>DQ, he isn&#8217;t so dumb he just needs glasses</title>
		<link>http://robertlambert.net/2009/05/dq-he-isnt-so-dumb-he-just-needs-glasses/</link>
		<comments>http://robertlambert.net/2009/05/dq-he-isnt-so-dumb-he-just-needs-glasses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 May 2009 20:58:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bob</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a recent very thoughtful post on data quality, Paul Erb plays out an analogy comparing data users with Don Quixote and data quality professionals with Sancho Panza, then reverses the analogy to cleverly coin the &#8220;Sancho Panza&#8221; test of data quality professionals.  He encourages data quality professionals promoting the critical role of data quality <a href='http://robertlambert.net/2009/05/dq-he-isnt-so-dumb-he-just-needs-glasses/' class='excerpt-more'>[...]</a>]]></description>
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