‘If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes’, said Albert Einstein.
According to a recent survey by Prophix and FP&A trends, 88% of companies claim they have data quality issues. The aim of this blog is to sketch the main steps that you can take to ensure that your company belongs to the remaining 12%.
‘Getting the right data to the right people at the right place and time’ is the essence of the whole concept of data management. You can plan big steps for the long-term while making small steps to improve the situation in the short-term perspective.
Recently, I have encountered a lot of discussions within the finance (FP&A) professionals community about business partnering. The challenge in such discussions is to move from theoretical reasoning into practical execution. In this article, I would like to talk about one possible area where cooperation between FP&A and Data management professionals can deliver mutually beneficial results.
In our earlier blogs we have discussed the role of data in your profession, your main benefits from proper managing of data, as well your main concerns about data. In this one I would like to give you a few practical tips on how to ensure getting the ‘right’ data.
Data management is a business function that, in my opinion, every company should have. Still, often it is not the case. Managing data means that everybody in a company knows what data they (can) get and have a good understanding of what can it can be used for. It also means receiving data when and where it is needed. And finally, producing and working with data of acceptable quality.
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‘If I had an hour to solve a problem and my life depended on the solution, I would spend the first 55 minutes determining the proper question to ask, for once I know the proper question, I could solve the problem in less than five minutes’, said Albert Einstein.
According to a recent survey by Prophix and FP&A trends, 88% of companies claim they have data quality issues. The aim of this blog is to sketch the main steps that you can take to ensure that your company belongs to the remaining 12%.
‘Getting the right data to the right people at the right place and time’ is the essence of the whole concept of data management. You can plan big steps for the long-term while making small steps to improve the situation in the short-term perspective.
Recently, I have encountered a lot of discussions within the finance (FP&A) professionals community about business partnering. The challenge in such discussions is to move from theoretical reasoning into practical execution. In this article, I would like to talk about one possible area where cooperation between FP&A and Data management professionals can deliver mutually beneficial results.