Executing Data Quality Projects

Chapter 2 Key Concepts

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor

who boards ship without a rudder and compass

and never knows where he may cast.

– Leonardo da Vinci

In This Chapter

Introduction

The Framework for Information Quality

The Information Life Cycle

Data Quality Dimensions

Business Impact Techniques

Data Categories

Data Specifications

Data Governance and Data Stewardship

The Information and Data Quality Improvement Cycle

The Ten Steps Process

Best Practices and Guidelines

Introduction

This chapter discusses a number of concepts that are important to understand so that you can better implement The Ten Steps process. The Ten Steps provide practices for assessing, improving, implementing, and creating quality data. ...