Data Quality Management (DQM)

Data quality management programs are no longer an option but are required to maintain a companies global competitive edge and meet regulatory or compliance needs.

Data Quality Management or DQM is the function for continuous data quality improve-ment through out the enterprise to establish the best practices for the data acquisition, maintenance, dissemination and archival of data.

Data quality management (DQM) defines the roles, responsibilities, policies for the business and technology groups to partner for maintaining a consistence data quality and achieve an error-free business operational environment.

Successful Data Quality Management programs have a definitive partnership between the Business data custodians and the IT team, with the business establishing the rules that govern the data and verify the data quality, IT group responsible for providing a friendly technical/architectural environment for systems and applications.

Data Quality Management (DQM) has two major components of “Reactive” and “Proac-tive nature”.

The reactive component deals with the data problems that exist in the Legacy systems and the proactive component diminish the potential/anticipated new problems with an data governance model.

Data Quality Management Challenges
Deploying a Data Quality Management (DQM) program has significant challenges such as:

• Data quality management program lacks cross-functional collaboration
• Data quality management program lacks operational discipline and support from top management
• No business group/IT group feels responsible for the problem
• Data quality management program lacks financial and human resources invest-ment
• Data quality management program investment is measured for short-term ROI

Our Expertise
Deploying a data quality management program is not an easy task, but the rewards are enormous. We have experienced staff who have successfully delivered DQM initiatives and helped customers deploy a disciplined approach and managing data as an important corporate asset to improve the productivity of its information workers and to better serve its customers.

Contact Us to get answers to your specific Data Challenges and find out how we can help you achieve your business objectives through better data management.