Adrian Reed | Blackmetric Business Solutions When it comes to requirements analysis, functional requirements tend to take the limelight. After all, what the product does tends to be a key area of focus, and the functionality that it will provide...
- August 15, 2023
Nicola Askham | 13th July, 2023 Data culture is the collective behaviours and beliefs of people who value, practice and encourage the use of data to improve decision-making. As a result, data is woven into the operations, mindset and identity...
- August 7, 2023
The highly anticipated IRM UK Enterprise Architecture and Business Process Management Conference 2023 is set to take place from 9 – 12 October at etc venues in London. This prestigious event, organised by IRM UK, a leading provider of conferences,...
- July 11, 2023
Nicola Askham | 15th June, 2023 Today’s blog has been inspired by a debate I saw on LinkedIn where somebody had suggested that we really don’t need data owners because they’re really hard to find and we could use process...
- July 10, 2023
Unlocking the Potential of Modern Enterprise Architecture with MEGA Webinar hosted by IRMUK. As the world is changing, companies have to consider adapting and transforming their business models and organisations to tackle competition and enhance their resiliency. Daniel Hebda, Chief...
- June 19, 2023
Bethan Barnfield | Marketing Manager at BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT While technology and jobs have evolved rapidly in recent years, digital skills in the UK are struggling to keep pace. In 2020, the Digital Sector contributed £142.3 billion to the...
- June 19, 2023
SPEAKER INTERVIEW – Ahead of our Business Analysis Conference Europe, September 18 – 20 2023, in London we find out more about Jenny Gledhill a Senior Business Analyst at The University of Warwick. Jenny will speak on Monday the 18th...
- May 22, 2023
SPEAKER INTERVIEW – Ahead of our Business Analysis Conference Europe, September 18 – 20 2023, in London we find out more about Al Asma Begum, a Senior Business Analyst, at BBC. Al Asma Begum will be speaking on Tuesday, September...
- May 22, 2023
SPEAKER INTERVIEW – Ahead of our Business Analysis Conference Europe, September 18 – 20 2023, in London we find out more about Michael Andersson, Head of Technology Analysis & Visualization at Ericsson. Michael will be speaking on Tuesday, September 19th...
- May 22, 2023
SPEAKER INTERVIEW – Ahead of our Business Analysis Conference Europe, September 18 – 20 2023, in London we find out more about Chris Pyatt, Senior Practice Business Analyst, DWP Digital. Chris will speak on Tuesday the 19th of September about...
- May 22, 2023
Are you looking for a way to give back to the BA community? Do you want to help inform and inspire BAs of the future? Then check out the BA School Day Initiative! The BA School Day Initiative is a...
- May 22, 2023
Identifying Data Owners is something that many people struggle with when they are starting out in Data Governance. When multiple different teams use that data it can often confuse matters, which is why I think this is a good question...
- May 22, 2023
With AI being the most talked about technology trend at the moment, Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach interviews the most famous AI tool to date; ChatGTP for its thoughts on Data Governance and why it is so important to...
- May 17, 2023
By Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach, Nicola Askham Ltd There have been so many advances in easily accessible AI technologies recently that I am getting lots of questions about why you do need to worry about Data Governance first....
- May 5, 2023
By Dr Irina Steenbeek, Managing Director, Data Crossroads This is the first article of the series: “Choosing Data Management IT Tools.” In this article, I will discuss the following: Key Market Trends The IT tools and technologies market is one...
- May 5, 2023
By Malcolm Hawker, Thought Leader | CDO | Data Strategy | Master Data Management | Data Governance | Host of the CDO Matters Podcast What would happen if CDOs consciously decided to delay efforts on defining a data strategy, choosing...
- May 5, 2023
Interview with Tiankai Feng, Head of Product Data Governance at Adidas by Nicola Askham, The Data Governance Coach, Nicola Askham Ltd, March 23, 2023 Tiankai has been working in data all his career with experience in Data Analytics, Data Science...
- April 17, 2023
Nigel Turner, Principal Consultant, Global Data Strategy, Ltd As an experienced data governance specialist, I am often asked why many data governance initiatives fail. There are many reasons for failure but having helped many organisations refresh and revitalise governance programmes...
- March 17, 2023
Whatever it is you are working on, it is almost certainly made up of many, sometimes very many, pieces. Each of the pieces interacts with other pieces to achieve some valuable result. This means that there is a need to...
- March 15, 2023
The Crucial Art of Pre-Project Problem Analysis Adrian Reed, Principal Consultant, Blackmetric Business Solutions A common problem that affects projects is that of scope creep. It’s very easy for a situation to occur where features and changes are suggested that...
- March 15, 2023
