Are you paying the right tax????

About one million taxpayers paid the wrong amount of income tax last year because of mistakes by HM Revenue >>> http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/6274576.stm

IQ Contest

3rd IQ Contest:
Schema Matching – Automatic
detection of semantically equal attributes
November 22.-24., 2006
Bad Soden am Taunus
http://www.dgiq.de

Wikipedia has it all !

Wikipedia explains Data Quality and Information Quality..worth a look..

Hope its not 'Data Quality' accident !

Piers said the Embraer pilot told the authorities 'he practically did not see the plane. When he saw something it was but a shadow. And he felt a shock, which made him lose part of a wing.'

Nevertheless, radars showed the Legacy and the Boeing were flying with an altitude difference of about 1,000 feet (300 metres). Here is more

Business Informatics Day 2006

Information and communications technology (ICT) has become increasingly important for organisations in the networked and multicultural economy of the 21st century...like to read more

We are back with full splash

We been missing for a while, as summer holidays, but coming back with full energy and charged with Data Quality issues :) So be ready for it....
Right now we are in the middle of oraganising a lecture in Oct, just let me get a green light from some sponsors...
Again if any one would like to add some value to this event, you are more than welcome..

Are you interested?

So, we looking for a guest speaker nowdays..for second major event..if you have an industry experience, some knowledge of data quality and have the guts to explain it to the students...then..please contact us..

Dont forget to double check your prescription!!

Study: Medication errors harm 1.5M a year
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2006-07-20-drug-errors_x.htm

Talk Talk under serious talk of Data Quality!!

TalkTalk said that due to data integrity issues in its internal processes, some consumers who had previously registered a preference not to be contacted for marketing calls were inadvertently contacted. The telephone company issued a public apology for its mistake. More can be seen here...Talk Talk

Hundreds wrongly dubbed criminals

Nearly 1,500 people have been wrongly labelled as criminals by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), it has emerged. All beacuse of poor data quality...Very interesting aspect, which I have to say, I never came across....More here

Mr. Larry English @ RDS

Summary of Larry English’s Masterclass

In

ICT Expo Conference

Ge Mouzhi, May, 2006

During the six hour “THE ESSENTIALS INFORMATION QUALITY IMPROVEMENT” masterclass, the lecturer Larry English showed us the whole strategy [1] of the information quality improvement. First of all, Larry listed the cost items of the non-quality information with analyzing the components of the non-quality data cost. Then he showed us the real world costs based on the true events. In order to improve the information quality, Larry introduced the TOTAL INFORMATION QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TIQM) to us and detailed each process in the TIQM and further 14 points of TIQM. After that, Larry focused on the implementation and the vision of the Information Quality (IQ) environment and product/process quality improvement. And he also depicted an information quality management maturity model to evaluate the improvement and explained the significations of the five maturity stages in that model. Next, he described how to sustain a TIQM environment. Finally, Larry emphasized Success is a journey, not a destination and IQ is a habit.

Many kinds of costs have been caused by low quality information. Nowadays, most organizations ignore processing the poor information quality. However, low quality information can bring monetary damages to an organization in a variety of ways [4]. There are many real cases that the low quality information invoked cost millions [5]. Furthermore, there are also many costs are indirect costs such as missed opportunity costs, customer dissatisfaction costs and creditability costs. So we could employ a systematic classification and analysis of data quality cost [2] to identify and characterize such costs (direct and indirect). Thus we are able to address the optimal investment point for information quality.

TIQM is to eliminate the costs of the non-quality information, increase the value of the high quality information assets [3] and finally establish the information quality environment. First TIQM assessment process is to assess the information quality and quantify the non-quality information costs; Second, TIQM betterment process is used to improve the information product and process quality and Deming’s PDCA cycle is also involved; Third, TIQM culture change process is used for planning and implementing an IQ Environment and it is a key component in the whole process of information quality improvement. With the above three key process, we can improve our information quality and build the information quality improvement culture.

Assessment is a crucial step in the information quality improvement process. Data Quality Assessment (DQA) is the scientific and statistical evaluation of data to determine if data obtained from environmental data operations are of the right type, quality, and quantity to support their intended use [6]. The information quality architecture and characteristics are developed to assess the existing value chains, systems, organization relationships and management. Information quality is a multi-dimensional concept [7] and measurements used for assessing the information quality are also multi-dimension such as stability, flexibility and usability. Assessment results are used for the analysis in the strategy to evaluate the entire system.

Information quality management maturity model is used for measuring the stage of the management level. The initial stage of the maturity model is uncertainty, people do not know why they have problems with information quality; the second stage is awakening, people have recognized that the information quality management may be valuable but do not want to invest money and time on it; the third stage is enlightenment, people have understand the importance of information quality management and become supportive; the fourth stage is wisdom, people participate the prevention of information quality problems and recognize their personal role in continuing emphasis; the last stage is certainty, people know why they do not have problems with information quality in the first stage and information quality management have been an indispensable part of the enterprise. Those five models are developed for measuring the information quality organization status and instruct the next operation we should take.

Information quality is not only the responsibility of the enterprise manager, but also the responsibility of everyone. Information quality improvement is not a program but is a habit of the staff. The customer satisfaction and enterprise results are the objectives of the information quality improvement and the success is a journey, not a destination.

REFERENCES

1. Frank Dravis, Data Quality Strategy: a step-by-step approcach, Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ-04), 2004.
2. Martin J. Eppler & Markus Helfert, A Classification and Analysis of Data Quality Costs. Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Information Quality (ICIQ-04), 2004.
3. Larry P. English, The Essential of Information Quality Management, DM Review. 2002.
4. Won, K. & Choi, B., Towards Quantifying Data Quality Costs, Journal of Object Technology, 2003, 2(4), 69-76.
5. Larry P. English, Improving Data Warehouse and Business Information Quality, New York: Wiley & Sons 1999.
6. Quality Guidance for Data Quality Assessment, Practical Methods for Data Analysis, EPA QA/G-9, 2000.
7. Leo L. Pipino; Yang W. Lee & Richard Y. Wang, Data Quality Assessment, Communications of the ACM, 2002.
8. Larry P. English, the slide of “The Essential of Information Quality Improvement” ICT Expo Conference, 2006.

Anything Google not doing..any thing?

Well they doing everything..with a style..havent tried though!

Data Error at BBC

Data Error at BBC

Interesting developments in NHS

Have a look!

So we in the news en all..

IQ Student Network is being mentioned on DCU
news page....http://www.dcu.ie/news/2006/mar/s0306m.shtml

Dell wrong price

Dell quoted me the price of one laptop over their website.
That is expensive!
Information quality is every where...

Information that cant be found...

This slogan, kind of summarise a lot in the Information & Data Quality issues...
Very striking, as it says,

" Information that cant be found is the information that cant be used. "
Found at: http://www.productivity.ie/

Adding something to it is, that if the quality of information ( if found ) is not up to the mark, what good is it going to bring...its same as if some one tell you that, to get to city centre, you can take Luas from DCU..well its information and advice, which is completely wrong...

Accounting error raises GM's loss

Information and Data Quality is too obvious in GM motors...
Have a look !

Happy St. Patricks Day

A very happy St. Patricks Day to all of you..



One of things Data Quality also addresses is the unusual combination of the words, especially in addresses. Say if you see an address with on O' Connell Street and its has the Dublin 24 written beside it, you know there is something wrong. Its called Data Cleansing and there are many techniques like that.

Launch Night

Mr. Daragh O.Brien, our guest speaker.

IQ Network- Helix

Useless information

On thursday afternoon, I was traveling back home to Lucan from DCU. Once I got on M50, I saw these big signs (apparently they dispaly uptodate information on traffic) saying,
"Accident ahead, expect delays"

That information was no good to anyone, as it should have mentioned that accident is at/before/ after, some particular junction, so if you can leave M50 before that, do so. Well I got home with no traffic jams and only found out later that accident was near some where Dundrum exit, which is miles away or I should say atleast eight exits away from DCU...

In your view, What is Data/ information Quality?

When asked about what is data/ information data quality is, you said:

• Getting information correct & putting processes in place to do so.
• To see how reliable data is.
• Management of data in a different and accurate way.
• Techniques to judge, how accurate data is.
• Making sure the information you have is correct.
• Making sure integrity and correctness is valid.
• Reliable data.
• Poor data can be misleading, so it should be addressed.

Personal experiences with poor data quality!

When asked about personal experiences with poor data quality, you told about:

• Data quality issues when ordering stocks for the bar.
• Videostore phone numbers weren't updated, which lead to huge fines.
• Incorrect information on the passport.
• Incorrect information stored on the o2 system.
• False emails and overcharged by the AIB.
• A bank credited account for €3000. ( No complaints there!)
• Online shopping problems.
• Wrong wages sent in the bank account.
• Free broadband for a while now.

Interesting facts

We gave a small registration form to be filled on our launch night, which also included some general questions about the data quality. Thanks again everyone for filling it. Some very interesting stories of poor data quality were mentioned ( I have thrown those questions and answers above) . Overall most of us seems to have very good understanding of what data quality is and its importance in our lives.

Launch Night Success

Well we had our Launch Night and it was a big success. Over 25 people, students and teachers. Thanks everyone for making it happen and in particular, our guest speaker Mr. Daragh Obrien ( I hope I spelled his name right...), Cahil, Mr. Howard Duncan and ofcourse Dr. Markus Helfert.

Contact Us

Feel free to email us @
information.quality AT gmail.com
for any questions/ suggestions ...

Launch Poster

Our Poster Campaign

Official Launch-IQStudent Network

We are pleased to inform you, that the official launch of the
IQ Student network will take place at

Venue: DCU- Computing Building- Room L221

Date: 28th Feb 2006- Tuesday

Time: 6- 8 pm

It will host the talk from Mr. Daragh O'Brien on

Data Quality and Why should we care about it?

along with his experiences with the information quality.
This will be followed by tea/ coffee/ wine.

To attend this, you have to be a member of IQ Student Network
To do so please email your details, (i.e. Name, Class, Department) at
{ if you have sent your details already for Helix event, please ignore this}
Email: information.quality AT gmail.com

And we be more than happy to register you.
Look forward to seeing you there...

Who are we?

We are a group of students, affiliated with IQ Network, trying to raise the awarness of Data and Information Quality among the students.

Our Objectives are:

Make students aware of:

• What data quality is, and the issues associated with it.
• How poor data affects our daily lives.
• And Benefits of good quality data.
• Techniques in recognising data quality issues.
• Know techniques to solve the problems and furture prevention.

Also:

• Create a student link between organisations and students.
• Make organisations aware of our existence, objectives and benefits.

We achieve our objectives by:

• Official launch of IQ Student Network.
• Advertising the Data Quality issues.
• Making brief talks on campus.
• Inviting known guest speakers from organisations.