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Written by Marcus Willington   
Wednesday, 18 March 2009 07:26
Master Data Management is not, unfortunately, an overnight solution. It takes hard work, commitment, and diligent research to organize everything that makes up and MDM solution. But completing this task is greatly beneficial to an organization.
by MarcusWillington


Master Data Management is not, unfortunately, an overnight solution. It takes hard work, commitment, and diligent research to organize everything that makes up and MDM solution. But completing this task is greatly beneficial to an organization.

With MDM, you help your organization figure out what is most important to them. Once they decide on what is important, they can begin to effectively control this data. Controls include putting procedures, definitions, rules, and restrictions around it.

Start at the beginning -- what data should be in scope? What is the most important data that needs the most care and attending to? What data could you not live without?

If the data you decide on is order data, then you'll need to have everyone in the organization agree that order data is what is in scope, and nothing else. You'll likely then focus on order numbers, order dates, products ordered, etc.

Now that the scope is locked down, all stakeholders will need to buckle down and commit resources to the work that is necessary to be successful. Team members will need to research the critical data elements. They will need to determine how they are used across the organization, what definitions they take on, who owns or manages them who changes them, etc.

Once you have answered these questions, begin to organize the data and assign tasks for cleaning up any identified issues. This is a basic start for Master Data Management

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If you want to become a Master at Master Data Management, vist Marcus Willington's Master Data Management (MDM) site for information, analysis, and news. It is critical that, to be successful at MDM, you stay up-to-date with what happens in the industry.

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