Course curriculum

  • 1

    Welcome

    • Introduction

    • How to use this course

    • Course structure
  • 2

    The enterprise data quality context

    • Context

    • The components of a business activity

    • Business activity elements quiz
  • 3

    The challenge of enterprise data

    • The nature of the data asset

    • Data in organisations

    • Data lifecycles

    • The enterprise data challenge
  • 4

    Data quality fundamentals

    • Introduction

    • What is data quality?

    • Data quality attributes

    • Data quality assessment exercise (1)

    • Assessing data accuracy

    • Data quality assessment exercise (2)

    • Data quality attributes revisited

    • Enterprise data quality challenges

    • Data quality attribute definitions
  • 5

    Data exploitation challenges

    • Introduction

    • Better decision making

    • Devaluing the data asset

    • The data triangle

    • Data as a raw material

    • The 'data machine'

    • Data machine exercise

    • Why data is difficult to manage

    • Why is data quality important?

    • Data exploitation issues worksheet

    • Data exploitation exercise

    • Conclusion

    • Downloads

Managing Data Quality course bundle

Bundle contains this course, three other courses plus valuable extras

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    MDQ - Managing Data Quality

    Four online courses on Managing Data Quality based on ISO 8000-61. Full of pragmatic and accessible concepts - a valuable way to increase knowledge of data quality management

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Instructor(s)

Julian Schwarzenbach

Julian is an experienced data expert who has provided consultancy services for 10+ years and has worked in end-user organisations in data related roles for 25+ years. He is passionate about improving the ways that organisations manage and exploit data. Julian is co-author with Tim King of the book 'Managing Data Quality: A Practical Guide'. Julian is Chair of the BCS Data Management Specialist Group and is a Fellow of the BCS. Julian is also involved in development of national and international standards through membership of a number of ISO and BSI standards committees.