The Resilience of Master Data Management
Summary
Final article of a six part series on the "New Age of Master Data Management" For years there have been industry professionals and analysts who seemingly find pleasure in declaring some type of technology as "dead". Both traditional and newer MDM software vendors have developed innovative solutions and approaches to master data management that offer improved alignment with business requirements and objectives, and faster paths to realizing value. MDM jumps into many of the messiest aspects of an organization: data silos, unconnected systems and processes, management turf wars, politics, and the organizational roadblocks to disparate people working together effectively for common purpose. MDM provides the greatest benefits when practitioners embrace the strategic aspects of an organization and help to enact them through processes, practices, policies, and organizational changes. A successful MDM initiative comprises a holistic endeavor to provide strategic organizational and infrastructure change, as well as manage complex data processing.