Getting in Front on Data by Thomas C Redman Phd

Getting in Front on Data by Thomas C Redman Phd

This book lays out the roles everyone, up and down the organisation chart, can and must play to ensure that data is up to the demands of its use, in day-in, day-out work, decision-making, planning, and analytics. By now, everyone knows that bad data extorts an enormous toll, adding huge (though often hidden) costs, and making it more difficult to make good decisions and leverage advanced analyses. While the problems are pervasive and insidious, they are also solvable! As Tom Redman, the Data Doc explains, the secret lies in getting the right people in the right roles to get in front of the management and social issues that lead to bad data in the first place. Everyone should see himself or herself in this book. We are all both data customers and data creators -- after all, we use data created by others and create data used by others. And all of us must step up to these roles. As data customers, we must clarify our most important needs and communicate them to data creators. As data creators, we must strive to meet those needs by finding and eliminating the root causes of error. This book proposes new roles for data professionals as: embedded data managers, in helping data customers and creators complete their work, DQ team leads, in connecting customers and creators, pulling the entire program together, and training people on their new roles, data maestros, in providing deep expertise on the really tough problems, chief data architects, in establishing common data definitions, and technologists, in increasing scale and decreasing unit cost. The book introduces a new role, the data provocateur, the motive force in attacking data quality properly! This book urges everyone to unleash their inner provocateur. Finally, it crystallises what senior leaders must do if their entire organisations are to enjoy the benefits of high-quality data!

Redman, Thomas C.: - Tom Redman, the Data Doc, and his company, Data Quality Solutions, help leaders world-wide attack data quality head-on. Thousands benefit from his approaches and methods, which focus on getting the right people in the right roles, creating data correctly the first time, and addressing the issues that lead to bad data. Tom started his career at Bell Labs, where he conceived and led the Data Quality Lab. He was first to understand the fundamental importance of data and data quality, understand the nature of data in organizations, and give meaning to the phrase manage data assets. He has a Ph.D. in Statistics and two patents. Tom and his wife Nancy live in Rumson, New Jersey, USA.

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ISBN 13	9781634621267
ISBN 10	1634621263
Title	Getting in Front on Data
Author	Thomas C Redman Phd
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Technics Publications LLC
Year published	2016-09-01
Number of pages	190
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