5 Challenges of Data Lineage
The concept of data lineage is not new. In the early data processing days,...
Tag Archives: data warehousing
Hard data management
Data management is hard. Don’t let any vendor tell you they have tools that...
The strategy of hoarding pens and data
This morning my page-a-day calendar asked me to draw something that makes me happy....
10 Random questions on Tom’s mind
I keep my eyes open for things that pertain to the data world. I...
ERworld and the epic life
I am an optimist and social media junkie for inspirational and motivational people. Two...
What I did last week at Data Modeling Zone
I wondered why my teachers were so fascinated with what I did during the...
Data modelers, Your move governor
Fifteen years ago I was entrenched in a large data warehousing effort. The project...
Walking in someone else’s shoes
“You can’t really know a person until you walk a mile in their shoes.”...
A More Worldly View of Metadata
Metadata seems to be on mind quite a bit lately. Maybe it’s because I...
When wrong is right
Over the past month an interesting modeling challenge surfaced on a large project at...