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When is MDM not MDM?

by Andrew White  |  April 29, 2011  |  Comments Off

My colleagues Roxane Edjlali and Kurt Schlegel just published a note titled, “Extending MDM Principles to BI Content”.  This was an interesting piece of research that highlights a logical argument, but also a warning.  The argument is that mastering (ie governing for value generating re-use) important enterprise information such as master data should not be [...]

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More on Metadata and Master Data Management Intersection

by Andrew White  |  April 26, 2011  |  2 Comments

I commented (the other day) on an idea: use a maximized metadata model in an MDM program, tied to a minimalist master data model.”  Are Hegdal commented and asked me to say more about this.  What I have seen, over and over again, as I talk with more mature users who have adopted MDM is [...]

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