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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 10, Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Plain English About Information Quality: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 9, Habit 6: Synergize

Plain English about Information Quality: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Habit 6: Synergize

Habit 6: Synergize

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 8

Plain English About Information Quality: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 8

Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to Be Understood

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Knowledge: The Essence of Meta Data: Vision and Reality Hit the Meta Data Environment

Knowledge: The Essence of Meta Data: Vision and Reality Hit the Meta Data Environment

Many people in the IT field look at the meta data repository as an application which provides a limited set of value points for the organization. The reality is that the repository itself is just one part of a much larger collection of products, services, tools, processes and customer support components

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Business Intelligence: Recent Influences, Trends and Innovations

Business Intelligence: Recent Influences, Trends and Innovations | DM Review | Industry Led, Industry Read
It’s clear – the future of business intelligence (BI) looks promising, as evidenced by a very simple fact: more organizations are expanding their use of BI or are at least considering it. META Group expects the BI software market to grow 10 to 15 percent annually. To understand and appreciate current BI technology trends and place them into context, an understanding of influencing factors and organizational issues is helpful.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 6 – Habit 4: Think Win/Win

DM Review – Plain English About Information Quality: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 6 – Habit 4: Think Win/Win
Habit 4: Think Win/Win

This is the sixth installment in a series on Stephen Covey’s The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People and what they mean for information professionals. Habit 4, “Think Win/Win,” is vital to every information professional who seeks enterprise information resource management, value chain optimization or information quality.

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 5

DM Review – Plain English About Information: The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Information Professionals, Part 5
Habit 3: Put First Things First

Why is it that some information professionals seem able to easily accomplish their goals and make a difference in their organizations, but most struggle just to keep their heads above water? Wouldn’t it be great if we could marshal up two or three extra hours a day to finish an important project or make personal time available that was stolen by having to burn the midnight oil? Maybe, but maybe not. This might only attack the symptoms of how we spend our time, and not really help us be more effective.

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21st Century Information Architectures

21st Century Information Architectures | DM Review | Industry Led, Industry Read
After almost 20 years of information management theory, movements and gurus, why isn’t anything any better? Critical success factors continue to be elusive; perhaps the most frustrating has been meta data and information management.

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NCES Handbooks Online – Welcome!

NCES Handbooks Online – Welcome!
The NCES Data Handbooks provide guidance on consistency in data definitions and maintenance for education data, so that such data can be accurately aggregated and analyzed. The online Handbook database provides the Nonfiscal Handbooks in a searchable web tool. This database includes data elements for students, staff, and education institutions.

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National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education

National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) Home Page, a part of the U.S. Department of Education