Category Archives: Data Models

Proactive monitoring comes directly from data governance

Posted on April 13, 2011 by cnorton

As readers of this blog will know, I read a lot of articles on data governance, strategy and data management and I found a really interesting article the other day from Experian. It reported that a new white paper from … Continue reading →

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Could data warehousing become an even more significant IT component?

Posted on March 3, 2011 by cnorton

Think warehouses and what does your mind conjure up? Probably images of functional looking buildings on retail parks filled with corner shop owners stocking up or wagons being loaded with high street goods for the coming week’s trade. However, this … Continue reading →

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Where have we lost information in data?

Posted on February 21, 2011 by Samuel Wright

Perception is king; there is no magic on earth quite like it, transforming terrorists to freedom fighters, protection to oppression or zeitgeist to zeitghost. It’s why we have marketing – “Diamonds are forever” may possibly be the most successful advertising … Continue reading →

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Subjects, concepts and scenarios – More on business data modelling

Posted on October 12, 2010 by Chris Jackson

As I’ve previously mentioned, in order to achieve the scope and breadth we need in a business data model, we produce a conceptual model of anything up to 100 concepts, grouped into fairly generic ‘subject areas’.  So how do we … Continue reading →

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When Data Management Professionals are part of the problem

Posted on October 8, 2010 by Mel Hodge

Recently I attended a very informative workshop; whilst the session was interesting and entertaining, I always find the best parts are those where you can chat and interact with the rest of your fellow delegates and swap ideas and experiences.  … Continue reading →

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That’s a pretty data model – what does it do?

Posted on September 23, 2010 by Chris Jackson

In my previous post, I asked what was in a model, so before I dive deeply into discussing how we do business-level modelling, a cautionary tale: I once produced an elegant conceptual model for a complex business.  The structure managed … Continue reading →

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Data governance – so what’s in a model?

Posted on September 7, 2010 by Chris Jackson

As this is my first post on the Evaxyx blog, I thought I’d kick off with a subject close to my heart: data modelling.  I’ve been involved with data and information in various ways since the early 1990s, and believe … Continue reading →

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Five steps to revolution

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Simon Slocombe

In my earlier posts I took a broad look at theories of data governance and modelling. Now I would like to consider the practical aspects. How can organisations transform their data governance into one more suited to their needs? There … Continue reading →

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