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If data is an asset, how do we treat it as such? This website is full of knowledge and practical content in the form of articles, videos, templates and overall best practices from fellow data professionals.

Available Online Courses

The following online courses are available to anyone wanting to enhance their skills as a data professional.

Business Glossary Course

Now includes a BONUS chapter on Operating Models

Learn step-by-step how to implement an easy to use and efficient Business Glossary that users will adopt and management will praise.

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Data Governance Maturity Model CouRSE

Now includes a BONUS chapter on other Maturity Models (Data Science & Data Lakes)

Learn all there is to know about data governance maturity models in order to establish or improve your data governance program.

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ETL test automation for DWH and BI – free white paper

The ultimate Terms of Reference template for data governance council

How to empower your developer with a report template

Why you should focus on creating a report template

How to use the fishbone diagram to determine data quality root causes

How to create a data governance scorecard – Free template

Managing DW/ BI data integration risks through data reconciliation and data lineage processes

Introduction Data lineage documents where data is coming from, where it is going, and what transformations are applied to it as it flows through multiple processes. It helps in understanding the data life cycle. It is one of the most critical pieces of information from a metadata management point of view. From data-quality and data-governance perspectives, it is essential

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Articles on your favorite data topics

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Data governance

Maximum data accessibility construction

The opportunities and considerations of data democratization

4 lessons to improve your data diet

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Data quality

Data quality considerations during the DW/ BI design phase

What you need to know about regression testing on DW/ BI projects (part 2)

Data quality: goal or enabler?

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Business Intelligence

Managing DW/ BI data integration risks through data reconciliation and data lineage processes

Main considerations for testing BI reports

What you need to know about regression testing on DW/ BI projects

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I'm George Firican

Your friendly data guy :). As a passionate advocate for the importance of data I created LightsOnData.com. I aim to provide fellow data management and data governance professionals like you with practical content in the form of templates and guides, best practices, articles, videos, courses and mentorship sessions to address your questions and challenges.