I blogged yesterday about two of the main use-cases of MDM: operational MDM and analytical MDM. Mark Beyer and I would “argue” if there was a way to denote the primary difference of the two, with respect to governance. I explained that in operational MDM, governance is “active” and in analytical MDM, governance is “passive”. [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Analytical MDM'
More on Governance of Master Data
October 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
Tags: Analytical MDM · Governance · Operational MDM
The “use-cases” of MDM
October 1st, 2009 · No Comments
A few years ago we introduced the notion of MDM “use cases”. After looking at hundreds of end user inquiries we spotted some patterns; some were clear and some were less. One very clear pattern is what we called, “operational MDM”. The common characteristics that describe this use case were (and still are):
identify erroneous master [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Operational MDM
Buy-side versus Sell-side MDM of Product Data – two sides of the same coin?
September 21st, 2009 · 3 Comments
I spoke with an end user the other day that had a pretty forward looking strategy as it related to MDM, and specifically MDM of Product Data. When we talk about MDM of Product Data, there are assumptions that we all make – and these might be different. Is MDM of Product Data a sell-side [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Implementation · MDM of Product Data · MDM of Purhcased Part · MDM of Supplier Data · Operational MDM · Procurement MDM
Insightful Client Inquiry – Bringing Clarity to BI, MDM, and business rules
September 11th, 2009 · 6 Comments
I had one of those client calls today that brought into sharp focus something that had avoided such clarity. Many of us have known that MDM and BI have a relationship; some mistakenly associate the two as if they are alternatives: I have heard some even think that MDM “needs” BI. But, the reality is [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Business Intelligence · Business Rules · MDM · Operational MDM
Can you “do” MDM without data quality?
August 24th, 2009 · No Comments
I spied an interesting article last week in the InfoManagement blogs. It was, MDM Data Quality as a Process, by Jim Ericson. I thought it was interesting for a couple of reasons. I thought the title was hinting at a ruse: is MDM the same as data quality? Does data quality that is oriented as a [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Data Quality · MDM · Operational MDM
Review of Article focused on Microsoft Strategy to address MDM Market
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
It is not in my nature to use blogs to argue of topics that require detailed exchange of information and analysis…but the following article was brought to my attention and I thought it a potentially good example of “vendor hype” even it was not directly provided by the vendor.
Andy Hayler, CEO, The Information Difference, wrote [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · MDM · Microsoft · Operational MDM
Trip Report – Day 3 at Gartner’s BI Summit
March 16th, 2009 · No Comments
Well I had a busy day – even though this was day 3. I had a number of client inquiries and 1-1’s on site, and I also presented on MDM just after lunch. Then I had another client call and had to dash to the airport.
Overall the event was really good. There were a [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Business Intelligence
Best of Breed MDM versus Generalist MDM – which is best?
January 29th, 2009 · 4 Comments
I took a briefing from Orchestra Networks yesterday, a French based MDM vendor, that allowed me to explore again the comparison between the idea of what a best-of-breed or specialist MDM vendor can do versus a generalist MDM vendor. Of course, the answer is in how these vendor categories are defined. And once we have [...]
Tags: Analytical MDM · Operational MDM · Orchestra Networks