by Andrew White | January 21, 2011 | 2 Comments
A few years ago we observed a patter describing how technology was being used by organizations to achieve “single version of the truth” (MDM). The pattern described a continuum of use cases – and we called the main use cases that were popular, at that time, operational MDM and analytical MDM. Operational MDM described a [...]
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by Andrew White | March 1, 2010 | Comments Off
I took a tricky little inquiry today from a large industrial organization – one that is representative of many similar questions from many different users. Operational MDM denotes the emphasis of (MDM) process integrity as well as (master) data quality, “up stream” in the core business applications used by business users. Traditionally “Finance MDM” or [...]
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by Andrew White | December 22, 2009 | 1 Comment
There are at least three sets of requirements that exist across two use cases for MDM that, despite showing similarities, might derail how MDM is evolving. In operational MDM users evaluate the impact on sales regions and territories of product and service sales and performance. This “hierarchy” data links customers to locations and regions, and [...]
Category: Analytical MDM Hierarchy Management Operational MDM Tags:
by Andrew White | November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
We finally published a note (see The Differences, and Similarities, between Operational MDM and Analytical MDM) that tries to get the bottom of this thorny issue. It has taken a while, but it is worth it. This should be “the” note that nails the key questions most users have asked over the last couple of [...]
Category: Analytical MDM Data Integration/Synchronization Data Quality MDM Operational MDM Tags:
by Andrew White | October 2, 2009 | 2 Comments
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”. [...]
Category: Analytical MDM Governance Operational MDM Tags: Analytical MDM, Governance, Operational MDM
by Andrew White | October 1, 2009 | Comments Off
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 [...]
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Category: Analytical MDM Operational MDM Tags: Analytical MDM, Operational MDM
by Andrew White | September 21, 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 [...]
Category: Analytical MDM Implementation MDM of Product Data MDM of Purhcased Part MDM of Supplier Data Operational MDM Procurement MDM Tags:
by Andrew White | September 11, 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 [...]
Category: Analytical MDM Business Intelligence Business Rules MDM Operational MDM Tags: Analytic MDM, BI, Business Rules, MDM, Operational MDM
by Andrew White | September 4, 2009 | Comments Off
Well that was a fun week. I just had a week without travel (always a pleasure) where I spend most of the time on the telephone with users, or doing research. And this week was important because we are wrapping up our preparations for our up coming Gartner MDM Summit, 2009, in Los Angeles, October [...]
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Category: Business to Business (B2B) Cloud MDM MDM Summit MDM of Product Data Multidomain MDM Multienterprise Operational MDM Procurement MDM Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Regulation/Compliance SCM SaaS Tags: B2B, Cloud, MDM, MDM of Product Data, PLM, SaaS
by Andrew White | August 24, 2009 | Comments Off
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 [...]
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Category: Analytical MDM Data Quality MDM Operational MDM Tags: Analytical MDM, Data Quality, MDM, Operational MDM
