Comments for Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:34:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Response: A Universal Identifier Isn’t a Silver Bullet by Lorraine Fernandes http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2012/02/03/response-a-universal-identifier-not-a-silver-bullet/comment-page-1/#comment-20829 Lorraine Fernandes Fri, 03 Feb 2012 21:34:04 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=4940#comment-20829 Henrik, Good points. What starts out as a good idea with one purpose sometimes morphs into MANY other situations with unintended consequences. I talk with European colleagues who are facing the challenges of a UHI being issued for payment/insurance and now they are trying to morph the ID to address data exchange. The phrase "fit for purpose" comes to mind, and approaches designed for finance frequently do not work for clinical purposes. Same challenge is faced in Canada, and that's why they didn't go with a UHI over a decade ago when they made their national decision. And even in countries with an "all purpose" ID card are finding out that gaps exist. This is a complex issue, and the discussion evolves as complexity increases. Henrik, Good points. What starts out as a good idea with one purpose sometimes morphs into MANY other situations with unintended consequences. I talk with European colleagues who are facing the challenges of a UHI being issued for payment/insurance and now they are trying to morph the ID to address data exchange. The phrase "fit for purpose" comes to mind, and approaches designed for finance frequently do not work for clinical purposes. Same challenge is faced in Canada, and that's why they didn't go with a UHI over a decade ago when they made their national decision. And even in countries with an "all purpose" ID card are finding out that gaps exist. This is a complex issue, and the discussion evolves as complexity increases.

]]> Comment on Response: A Universal Identifier Isn’t a Silver Bullet by Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2012/02/03/response-a-universal-identifier-not-a-silver-bullet/comment-page-1/#comment-20827 Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:53:54 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=4940#comment-20827 Lorraine, while I agree that an ID isn’t a solution to all challenges I am however by experience rather confident about, that it does solve most identification issues, including exchange and mush-up of data. It’s in fact a dilemma for me. I’m making a living from doing fuzzy data matching, but I have lived most of my life in country where we have a unique patient identifier or even better, an all-purpose citizen ID. The ID is actually typically born in the healthcare sector, as it is assigned there seconds after you are born at a hospital, and follows you the rest of life in healthcare, welfare, taxation, employment, banking, insurance and so on. The privacy issue is of course paramount here. Governments around the world have found 240 (or so) solutions to balancing administration efficiency against privacy concerns. So we need 240 (or so) different flavors of people, process and technology to cope and 240 (or so) debates going on. What a mess :-) Lorraine, while I agree that an ID isn’t a solution to all challenges I am however by experience rather confident about, that it does solve most identification issues, including exchange and mush-up of data.

It’s in fact a dilemma for me. I’m making a living from doing fuzzy data matching, but I have lived most of my life in country where we have a unique patient identifier or even better, an all-purpose citizen ID. The ID is actually typically born in the healthcare sector, as it is assigned there seconds after you are born at a hospital, and follows you the rest of life in healthcare, welfare, taxation, employment, banking, insurance and so on.

The privacy issue is of course paramount here. Governments around the world have found 240 (or so) solutions to balancing administration efficiency against privacy concerns. So we need 240 (or so) different flavors of people, process and technology to cope and 240 (or so) debates going on. What a mess :-)

]]> Comment on 3 Best Practices in Identity Management by Response: A Universal Identifier Isn’t a Silver Bullet | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2011/12/15/3-best-practices-in-identity-management/comment-page-1/#comment-20826 Response: A Universal Identifier Isn’t a Silver Bullet | Mastering Data Management Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:54:20 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=4700#comment-20826 [...] 3 Best Practices in Identity Management [...] [...] 3 Best Practices in Identity Management [...]

]]> Comment on Series: Building an MDM Roadmap by Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2010/04/13/series-building-an-mdm-roadmap/comment-page-1/#comment-20822 Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:31:04 +0000 http://blog.initiate.com/?p=1811#comment-20822 [...] Master Data Management & Data Governance – Larry Dubov and Alex Berson combined their stories into this fantastic reference book. Together, they tell the tale of MDM and data governance, from making the business case to building the architecture. Larry and Alex also put together a short video and blog post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case for MDM and Building an MDM Roadmap. [...] [...] Master Data Management & Data Governance – Larry Dubov and Alex Berson combined their stories into this fantastic reference book. Together, they tell the tale of MDM and data governance, from making the business case to building the architecture. Larry and Alex also put together a short video and blog post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case for MDM and Building an MDM Roadmap. [...]

]]> Comment on Series: Building a Business Case for MDM by Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2010/01/19/series-building-a-business-case-for-mdm/comment-page-1/#comment-20821 Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:29:59 +0000 http://blog.initiate.com/?p=1274#comment-20821 [...] post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case for MDM and Building an MDM [...] [...] post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case for MDM and Building an MDM [...]

]]> Comment on Beyond Lists: MDM & Data Governance by Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2010/11/16/beyond-lists-mdm-data-governance/comment-page-1/#comment-20820 Top Books for your MDM Library | Mastering Data Management Thu, 02 Feb 2012 14:28:49 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=2722#comment-20820 [...] from making the business case to building the architecture. Larry and Alex also put together a short video and blog post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case [...] [...] from making the business case to building the architecture. Larry and Alex also put together a short video and blog post discussing their book. Larry originally developed some of his ideas through his blog series, Building the Business Case [...]

]]> Comment on Series: Quantifying Information Assets by What is the value of Information | Experiments with Data http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2011/01/11/series-quantifying-information-assets/comment-page-1/#comment-20816 What is the value of Information | Experiments with Data Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:50:05 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=2919#comment-20816 [...] Quantifying Information Assets by Lawrence Dubov ↩ __spr_config = { pid: '4f169e4f396cef2741000171', title: 'What is the value of Information', ckw: '', chan: 'articles,data-governance', no_slide: '', slide_logo: false, pub: '2012-02-01 08:06:04', url: 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.experimentswithdata.com%2F2012%2F02%2F01%2Fwhat-is-the-value-of-information%2F', header: 'YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO READ' }; var content = document.getElementById('simplereach-slide-tag').parentNode, loc; if (content.className){ loc = '.' + content.className; } if (content.id){ loc = '#' + content.id; } __spr_config.loc = loc || content; (function(){ var s = document.createElement('script'); s.async = true; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = document.location.protocol + '//d8rk54i4mohrb.cloudfront.net/js/slide.js'; __spr_config.css = 'document.location.protocol + '//d8rk54i4mohrb.cloudfront.net/css/p/4f169e4f396cef2741000171.css'; var tg = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; if (!tg) {tg = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];} if (tg) {tg.appendChild(s);} })(); [...] [...] Quantifying Information Assets by Lawrence Dubov ↩ __spr_config = { pid: '4f169e4f396cef2741000171', title: 'What is the value of Information', ckw: '', chan: 'articles,data-governance', no_slide: '', slide_logo: false, pub: '2012-02-01 08:06:04', url: 'http%3A%2F%2Fwww.experimentswithdata.com%2F2012%2F02%2F01%2Fwhat-is-the-value-of-information%2F', header: 'YOU MAY ALSO LIKE TO READ' }; var content = document.getElementById('simplereach-slide-tag').parentNode, loc; if (content.className){ loc = '.' + content.className; } if (content.id){ loc = '#' + content.id; } __spr_config.loc = loc || content; (function(){ var s = document.createElement('script'); s.async = true; s.type = 'text/javascript'; s.src = document.location.protocol + '//d8rk54i4mohrb.cloudfront.net/js/slide.js'; __spr_config.css = 'document.location.protocol + '//d8rk54i4mohrb.cloudfront.net/css/p/4f169e4f396cef2741000171.css'; var tg = document.getElementsByTagName('head')[0]; if (!tg) {tg = document.getElementsByTagName('body')[0];} if (tg) {tg.appendChild(s);} })(); [...]

]]> Comment on Improving Business Processes with MDM by Jim Lawrie http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2011/12/21/improving-business-processes-with-mdm/comment-page-1/#comment-20810 Jim Lawrie Tue, 31 Jan 2012 02:32:07 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=4741#comment-20810 Thanks for this illuminating post ... I found it very educational. Thanks for this illuminating post ... I found it very educational.

]]> Comment on Braving Privacy Storms for “The Greater Good” by 4 Gifts for Data Privacy Day | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2011/01/28/braving-privacy-storms-for-the-greater-good/comment-page-1/#comment-20809 4 Gifts for Data Privacy Day | Mastering Data Management Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:50:30 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=3006#comment-20809 [...] My colleague Lorraine Fernandes also has some Data Privacy Day thoughts: Braving Privacy Storms for the Greater Good. [...] [...] My colleague Lorraine Fernandes also has some Data Privacy Day thoughts: Braving Privacy Storms for the Greater Good. [...]

]]> Comment on Tales of the Disgruntled DBA by Don’t Get Killed by Small Details: Isaac Yassin | Mastering Data Management http://masteringdatamanagement.com/index.php/2011/08/15/tales-of-the-disgruntled-dba/comment-page-1/#comment-20808 Don’t Get Killed by Small Details: Isaac Yassin | Mastering Data Management Mon, 30 Jan 2012 19:41:53 +0000 http://masteringdatamanagement.com/?p=4030#comment-20808 [...] Complicating the matter is the changing role of DBAs. Other Champions, including Dave Beulke, have discussed this shift, and Isaac agreed. As the scope of work has increased, more people are involved in each implementation. The work itself is more fragmented, as several people take small, manageable pieces. Even with trustworthy employees, having more hands in the pot requires new rules and regulations to protect data from rogue DBAs. [...] [...] Complicating the matter is the changing role of DBAs. Other Champions, including Dave Beulke, have discussed this shift, and Isaac agreed. As the scope of work has increased, more people are involved in each implementation. The work itself is more fragmented, as several people take small, manageable pieces. Even with trustworthy employees, having more hands in the pot requires new rules and regulations to protect data from rogue DBAs. [...]

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