Data Quality

! Q C H A P T E R I

The Data Quality

Problem

Data quality problems are universal in nature. In just about any large

organization the state of information and data quality is at the same low levels.

The fact that data quality is universally poor indicates that it is not the

fault of individually poorly managed organizations but rather that

it is the nat-

ural result of the evolution of information system technology.

There are two major

contributing factors. The first is the rapid system implementations and change

that have made it very difficult to control quality. The second is that the meth-

ods, standards, techniques, ...