The Chief Data Officer Management Handbook: Set Up and Run an Organization’s Data Supply Chain

© Martin Treder 2020

M. TrederThe Chief Data Officer Management Handbookhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6115-6_10

10. Data Quality

Martin Treder¹ 

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Königswinter, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

 

Figure 10-1

Data Quality? Cross your fingers and hope…

Why is Data Quality important?

“Data Quality” sounds important. And hardly anybody would question the importance of Data Quality. That is why it has the potential to become another hollow catchphrase. You appear really professional if you expect “high Data Quality.”

And, yes, Data Quality is indeed important. Data Quality is so important that I am using a dedicated acronym. To me, it is simply DQ, and DQ ...