Practical Data Quality

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The Principles of Data Quality

In Chapter 1, I described the problems that organizations experience as a result of poor data quality. From this point on, the book will focus on facing those problems and resolving them in a sustainable manner.

This chapter will outline an end-to-end approach that I recommend, and each subsequent chapter will explore all the important aspects of each stage of the approach.

First, the chapter will provide an appropriate background and context. This context will include an explanation of data governance and the role of data quality within it, an outline of the generally accepted principles and terminology associated with data quality work, and finally, details of the main stakeholders that you will need support ...