Editor's Letter

Welcome to another outstanding issue of EIMInsight! 

This issue brings you part 2 of Bill Inmon’s series “A Brief History of Data Warehousing” and John Zachman’s lively article on Enterprise Architecture and why we struggle to implement EA.  David Marco continues his series on Enterprise Information Management with this month’s article focusing on Data Governance.  Larissa Moss continues her series on “Back to Basics” with an examination of why a methodology for project planning and application development is crucial to success.  Dr. Anne Marie Smith provides a practical look at creating a Data Governance Charter - something we can all put to good use!  Don’t miss guest author James Funk’s deeper dive into Information Quality with his article on information quality characteristics.  Mike Jennings adds to our EIM knowledge with an article on EIM Component Dependencies.

As part of our effort to continually improve EIMInstitute we have formed an advisory board.  The purpose of this board is to ensure that the EIMInstitute is serving both our readers as well as our contributors effectively.  The board will also drive the direction of EIMInstitute.  We would like to sincerely thank John Zachman, Larissa Moss, and David Marco for taking the time to share their knowledge and commitment to the Information Management industry by serving on this board.  

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