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May 16, 2007
One Version of the Truth
Oh, and by the way, here is another paper. It is called The Myth of the One Version of the Truth and you can download it by clicking on the link.
In the field of data warehousing and business intelligence, the problem most projects deal with is trying to create the one version of the truth. Rarely has it been successful, and most efforts have been misguided.
The reason why it is such a difficult problem is the fact that we look at it from a vertical or hierarchical point of view. Senior management doesnt really know the subtleties of differences in definitions of terms between departments, and through the hierarchy, the managers dont really get to know what their peers exactly mean. No wonder that senior management sees apples and oranges when IT tries to consolidate all different versions of the truth, and why managers fight this consolidation as they dont see their issues reflected in a bland compromise of a single definition of a term.
If we look at the problem from a horizontal or value chain approach, the problem is remarkably (or dare I even say: disappointingly) easy to solve.
The white paper explains how.
frank
Posted by Frank Buytenkijk at May 16, 2007 11:06 AM
