Managing Data Quality

PREFACE

Data are all around us¹; the volume of data is growing at exponential rates and our lives are increasingly being supported and enabled by the exploitation of data. Despite this, many organisations struggle to effectively manage data and the quality of these data.

The reliance of organisations (and society) on data is a relatively new phenomenon; the techniques to manage data effectively are still developing and wider awareness of these approaches is generally low.

This book is titled Managing Data Quality: A Practical Guide very deliberately; its focus is to provide you with an understanding of how to manage data quality, and practical guidance to achieve this.

ENTERPRISE DATA QUALITY

This book does not just examine quality issues ...