Today I received a LinkedIn connection recommendation for a beloved neighbor who died more than five years ago.
On Managing Health Data Programs: Some Thoughts After the Health Datapalooza Conference
As an extension of my own research and consulting on big data project planning and management, I wanted to improve my understanding of how data governance and program management practices impact how medical and health data are used.
What Kind of Management Structure Is Needed to Govern a Data Analytics Program?
I’m fairly “old-school” when it comes to planning and building information systems. That is, first you decide what your requirements are and what services you need to provide, then you decide which technologies you need to adapt, develop, or purchase to help you meet those requirements.
Do Health Data and Metadata Ownership Licenses Help or Hurt Innovation?
We see how the current web of licensing agreements is hobbling cable TV operators as they find themselves having to compete more and more with web based streaming services. Isn’t it also possible that similar restrictions regarding health data and metadata might provide similar challenges to creating new and beneficial products and services from shared data?
Google Security Checkups and Your Devices
I really do wish I knew what Google was doing with this information it derives about my online behavior.
Learning From General Electric’s Big Data Challenges
Two risks are apparent for GE’s approach which may also be relevant to other industries where cloud-based analytical platforms are being developed and marketed. (I’m thinking here, for example, of medical devices, prescription medicine, and treatment costs.)
Can Government Regulations Drive Improvements in Enterprise Data Governance?
Government regulators need to be sensitive to the costs of complying with and overseeing the regulations they impose on data management, as do the organizations that are regulated. Costs related to data oversight, quality control, standardization, security, and privacy all need to be considered in comparison with the quantitative and qualitative benefits that will be generated.
How Important Is "Perfect Data" To Your Data Analytics Program?
If you’re doing exploratory data analysis to help you decide how much data prep might be needed to make your data public, that’s one thing.
What Goes Up Must Come Down: Comparing 'Big Data' with 'Web 2.0'
While I expect that the term “big data,” like the term “web 2.0,” will be with us for a long time, it use may very well decline as different organizations move ahead by incorporating improved analytics into both operations and their decisionmaking — regardless of what they call it.
Regarding Big Data One Manager's "Resistance" Is Another Manager's "Caution"
Given the wide variations that currently exist in most organizations in understanding the ins and outs of managing current data governance and analytics practices, it’s not surprising that bringing in potentially “disruptive” technologies will be even more of a challenge.
Should Clinical Trial Data Sharing Be a Precondition for Refereed Journal Article Acceptance?
To appreciate some of the implications of the recent proposal by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors (ICMJE) to make consideration of journal article acceptance contingent upon the author’s agreement to share de-identified clinical trial data with other researchers, as reported by NPR, some context is appropriate.
Challenges to DevOps May Be Deep-seated But Not Unexpected
After years in consulting and project management, though, I now view politics and culture as factors to be anticipated and managed rather than ignored. This is true whether one is planning an individual project or an enterprise wide portfolio management strategy.
Horatio Nelson, Dwight Eisenhower, SharePoint, and Big Data
There’s a lot more to collaboration than just providing a technology platform.
Developing a Basic Model for Data Analytics Project Selection
One of the benefits of focusing on behavioral outcomes as a way of assessing the effectiveness or usefulness of improved data analytics is that behavioral outcomes are potentially measurable.
Big Data Project Management - Where to Start? (Slide Deck)
A slide deck summarizing where I am on researching Big Data Project Management.
Introduction to PLANNING AND MANAGING BIG DATA PROJECTS: SELECTED ARTICLES
I began researching “big data project management” when I started seeing publications and online discussions concerning big data project “failures” being attributed to the classic reasons for project failure such as scope creep, poor stakeholder engagement, and inadequately understood requirements.
Too Much TV!
To be honest I have not really explored the numerous options available for non-series-TV that even the devices I now have support. Just jumping among the different services that Roku and Apple TV offer is a daunting task especially when one is searching for “gems.”
A Mixed Review for Amazon’s New 7” Kindle Fire
I’ve had a new 7 inch Kindle Fire for a couple of weeks now and have formed an opinion about the device.