My wife and I are avid fans of the reality show ‘Kitchen Nightmares.’ In case you haven’t seen it, the show’s intimidating host, Chef Gordon Ramsay, is called in to help restore the image and operations of failing restaurants. Ramsay’s formulaic approach is to rework the menu and atmosphere, ignite the enthusiasm of kitchen and Read more…
Ajilitee’s newly-released “Ultimate Guide to Data Governance Metrics for Health Payers” dives into 30+ data governance metrics from a quantitative and qualitative vantage point. But today, I’m exploring a subset topic, which is how to measure the success of a Data Governance Council initiative. We’ve said this often, but it bears repeating: data governance programs Read more…
Best practice tells us that complex solutions require comprehensive system testing. The idea that one or two system test cycles will validate the solution is incorrect, worth no more than a view into an opaque crystal ball. In other words, here comes the painful part. Well, then again, maybe not. Here is what you might Read more…
My last couple blogs set the stage for building test data sets of the right size and content. It’s time to take a breather to understand why system testing is so critical to our BI solutions. Imagine if you will a crystal ball on the desk in front of you. Inside the orb, you can Read more…
I was sharing an “October” beer with John Bair (our CTO) last night and I was struck by a few thoughts in our conversation. Back in college, I always enjoyed reading books by Thomas Kuhn. In 1962, Kuhn authored the book, The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. The book described how “paradigm shifts” occur in the Read more…
