Measuring Data Quality for Ongoing Improvement: A Data Quality Assessment Framework (The Morgan Kaufmann Series on Business Intelligence) - Softcover

Sebastian-Coleman, Laura

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0123970334 ISBN 13: 9780123970336

Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann, 2013

Synopsis

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-01-25 Pages: 376 Language: English Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann The Data Quality Assessment Framework shows you how to measure and monitor data quality. ensuring quality over time Youll start with general concepts of measurement and work your. way through a detailed framework of more than three dozen measurement types related to five objective dimensions of quality:. completeness. timeliness. consistency. validity. and integrity Ongoing measurement. rather than one time activities will help your organization reach a new level of data quality . This plain-language approach to measuring data can be understood by both business and IT and provides practical guidance on how to apply the DQAF within any organization enabling you to prioritize measurements and effectively report on results. Strategies for using data measurement to govern and improve the qual...

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Review:

A ready-to-use framework for data quality measurement!

About the Author:

Laura Sebastian-Coleman, a data quality architect at Optum Insight, has worked on data quality in large health care data warehouses since 2003. Optum Insight specializes in improving the performance of the health system by providing analytics, technology and consulting services. Laura has implemented data quality metrics and reporting, launched and facilitated Optum Insight's Data Quality Community, contributed to data consumer training programs, and has led efforts to establish data standards and manage metadata. In 2009, she led a group of analysts from Optum and UnitedHealth Group in developing the original Data Quality Assessment Framework (DQAF) which is the basis for Measuring Data Quality for Ongoing Improvement. An active professional, Laura has delivered papers at MIT's Information Quality Conferences and at conferences sponsored by the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) and the Data Governance Organization (DGO). From 2009-2010, she served as IAIDQ's Director of Member Services. Before joining Optum Insight, she spent eight years in internal communications and information technology roles in the commercial insurance industry. She holds the IQCP (Information Quality Certified Professional) designation from IAIDQ, a Certificate in Information Quality from MIT, a B.A. in English and History from Franklin & Marshall College, and Ph.D. in English Literature from the University of Rochester (NY).

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan Kaufmann
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0123970334
• ISBN 13: 9780123970336
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 364