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Newsletter - March 2024
Welcome to our monthly newsletter - where we let you know what's been happening in the world of data.
Welcome to our monthly newsletter - where we let you know what's been happening in the world of data, keep you in the loop with our latest blog releases, highlight our top news picks and share with you exclusive updates from the team at DAMA UK.
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Dear Data People,
After a long wet winter, does the burgeoning blossom put a SPRING in your stride? March seems like a good time to clear away the cobwebs and spring forward with a fresh perspective and energy. So, this month is all about getting your data house in order!
Top Picks for March
Get out the data duster!
Spring cleaning all aspects of your organisation’s data management is a great annual habit to get into and involves organising, decluttering, and optimising your data processes with the objective of ensuring efficiency, accuracy, and compliance.
Keep an eye out on our LinkedIn w/c 25th March for the full article and steps for executing your spring clean in a number of planned stages - here’s what we’ll be looking at:
Assessing Current Data Infrastructure
Reviewing Data Governance Policies
Organising Data Inventory
Cleansing and Standardise Data
Implementing Data Backup and Recovery Procedures
Optimising Data Storage and Retrieval
Training and Educating Employees
Monitoring and Auditing Data Activities
Phew! It’s evident that it is NOT a 10 minute job so planning ahead is critical
What’s the relationship between Jenga and data?
"Just like in Jenga every move we make with data has implications for the entire structure. Without a clear understanding of how data flows and interacts, even seemingly small actions can have far reaching consequences."
Vital to making your data valuable is ensuring your organisation knows how to use it. In this piece Amit Darji looks at how organisations can promote a clear understanding of data as well as who should know what? Something to add to your spring cleaning list!
Data Governance with Principles!
Has your organisation established high level principles for data governance?
A joint review by the Royal Society and the British Academy reveals the needs of a 21st century data governance system and purports that establishing high level principles for data governance are crucial to maintaining trust.
Achieving this involves a thoughtful and collaborative process within any organisation. We've outlined 7 points an organisation may want to consider when establishing…
Diary Dates
In person event - Scotland
DAMA Scotland have organised the next meet up to take place in Glasgow.
Kindly hosted by the Weir Group at their office at 1 West Regent Street, Glasgow, G2 1RW. The evening will focus around a discussion on The Application of Data in Rugby Union and the Importance of Context, presented by Jack Walsh.
Jack will be explaining typical uses of data in sport, and will share his experience using machine learning to predict match outcomes in rugby union. And he'll also share his personal journey and his data career, starting out as an avid sportsman and the path to his current role in Financial Services.
Places are limited to 30 so register now! DAMA UK - Scottish Community - The Application of Data in Rugby Union and the Importance of Context (dama-uk.org)
Webinars
A fascinating look at the role and effective practices of Data Management in the Data Engineering Lifecycle.
Hosted by Hrayr Diloyan, chief data officer at FSP Consulting Services, the key areas under discussion will include:
- What is data engineering and where does it sit inside the organisation
- What is the data engineering lifecycle?
- The generation, extraction / ingestion, transformation and consumption of data
In addition, Hrayr will be exploring the Importance and role of Data Management in the Data Engineering Lifecycle and how DAMA DMBOK’s Data Management principles tie together with data engineering. This will cover data governance, quality, modelling, and master and metadata management amongst other things!
Ben Gardner from AstraZeneca will present how the Pharmaceutical and Biotech giant enables FAIR Data (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Re-usable) to optimise use and value of current and future data.
He will explore each element of ‘FAIR’ and provide you with practical guidance.
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Did you miss…
We’ve had a bit of a flurry of amazing websites so don’t worry if you missed any, you can catch up with them all here.
Our Partners & Sponsors
Finally, we would like to say a HUGE thank you to all of our brilliant sponsors, who support DAMA UK on our mission to nurture a talented community of data professionals championing the value of data management across the UK.
