Nicola initially worked for a leading UK Bank, and moved into consultancy in 2009. Nicola has worked with clients in a number of different industries including Financial Services, Manufacturing, Defence, Utilities and Retail.
Nicola is a Director and Committee Member of DAMA UK, sits on the Expert Panel of Dataqualitypro.com, and regularly writes and presents internationally on data governance best practice.
Getting to the root of a data quality issue I’ve recently been going over with a client the pros and cons of utilising their IT incident management process to handle data quality issues. IT incident management involves the creation of a log to help record and manage any issues that crop up in relation to […]
Read more...If you plan to implement data governance in your organisation, it’s really important to understand why you are doing it. This can often be a long and thankless process, and some might argue it’s not for the faint hearted, so understanding ‘why’ is crucial in order to get the most out of your data governance […]
Read more...Karima Makrof started off as a consultant focused on Oracle ERP implementations, before moving onto the soft(er) side with diverse roles within data governance, data quality, enterprise architecture, information architecture and other lead roles in Information Management. Karima currently has the role as Information Manager within Swedbank – Large Corporates and Institutions. In her free […]
Read more...Data shouldn’t be a wild and untamed thing, but sometimes it is just that – wild… and untamed. And unfortunately for our friend Tim, he’s about to find out just how wild and untamed data can be. As this is ‘The Rocky Data Horror Show’… where the data is not what it seems. Our story […]
Read more...Nine years ago, I wrote a report detailing what I believe to be some of the biggest mistakes you can make when implementing data governance. However, over the years I’ve come to realise that I actually missed the biggest mistake you can make off of that report. Many years of experience have taught me that […]
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