Fourth in a six-part Business Survival Series bringing you the insights, examples and direction you need to reach your business intelligence goals!
Learning Objectives
In the fourth of our six-part series, you'll learn:
- Why data quality is essential to your business intelligence projects
- What "quality data" means to your company
- How to evaluate and prioritize data quality projects
- How to establish and maintain data quality programs
Program content
Quality data is the critical first step to business intelligence success. Regardless of how sophisticated and complex your business intelligence functions are, ultimately they can only be as good as the data they use. Without quality data as your base, any results you obtain from reporting and analytical processes will be unreliable, uncertain and dangerous, particularly if you are depending on those results to guide your business decisions or provide legally-required information.
But what, exactly, constitutes "quality data," and how do you make sure you have it throughout your enterprise? How can you identify and measure the costs and other impacts of poor data quality? And, how can you prioritize your data quality efforts to ensure that the highest value data gets the attention it deserves?
In Start on the Right Path, David Loshin addresses all of these questions and more, including how to establish data quality standards, where and how you should implement data quality processes to verify and validate data, and how to monitor and maintain data quality.
It takes a whole company to ensure data quality. Use our Email This Page link to encourage your co-workers to watch this webcast.
The BetterManagement Business Survival Series provides the opportunity for you to learn from the experts, the thought leaders and real-world successes without the need for expensive travel or time-consuming research.
Participant level of understanding
This program is intended for participants with a basic or intermediate level of understanding on the topic.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites for this seminar.
Advance Preparation
There is no advanced preparation required for this seminar.
Who Should Attend?
Executives, Directors, Managers and Analysts who want a better understanding of how the use of business intelligence, data warehousing and analytic applications can contribute to a company's success.
About David Loshin
David Loshin is the president of Knowledge Integrity, Inc., a consulting and development company focusing on customized information management solutions including information quality solutions consulting, information quality training, and business rules solutions. Loshin is the author of "Enterprise Knowledge Management - The Data Quality Approach" (Morgan Kaufmann, 2001) and "Business Intelligence - The Savvy Manager's Guide" (Morgan Kaufmann, 2003) and is a frequent speaker on maximizing the value of information. Loshin may be reached by email at loshin@knowledge-integrity.com or by telephone at (301) 754-6350.