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Mar 5 2025

How Data Modeling Made Me a Better Engineer

My name is Bill Burkett, and I am a data modeler. I don’t call myself that often and sometimes have misgivings about doing so. I often get the feeling that being a “data modeler,” when considered in isolation of other engineering skills, is a less-than-flattering job title. To practical engineers, data modeling conjures images of […]

Data Governance Made Simple

Those of us in the field of enterprise data management are familiar with the many authors contributing their knowledge and expertise to the data management body of knowledge.[1] We are also very familiar with the many, varied, and often conflicting ways in which data management terms are used. “Data architecture,” “data integration,” and even terms […]

You Don’t Know Data! (The Importance of Sound Definitions)

W. Edwards Deming, the father of statistical quality control, said: “If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” When looking at the world of IT and applied to the dichotomy of software and data, Deming’s quote applies to the software part of that pair. The analogous […]

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How Data Modeling Made Me a Better Engineer

Data Governance Made Simple

You Don’t Know Data! (The Importance of Sound Definitions)