Being a data professional involves staying up to date with relevant developments in the rapidly changing and expanding data landscape. As technology advances, it creates more ways to derive value from data and new data possibilities emerge that were not previously possible.
I follow industry leaders and thought leaders to find out what their sights are set on and how these insights can help improve deliverables to clients.
There are numerous data publications available in print or on the web and I have read a fair share and continue to reference a lot of the books. Some are staples which I cannot be without.
I have listed below, a few of the books in my current reading list both for research and in preparation for Data Management Certification. These books help shape my view and understanding of data in everyday data use and management.
You will also find references to the books and authors in my posts about data and data management.
| Book Title | Author(s) | Comments |
|---|---|---|
| Disrupting Data Governance | Laura B Madsen | When the data landscape is fast moving and changing, Laura advocates an evolving approach to Data Governance and above all, continuous communication to the business. Highly recommended. |
| Data Quality : The accuracy Dimension | Jack E Olson | An essential reference book for data quality |
| Data Modeling Made Simple, 2nd Edition | Steve Hoberman | This is a fantastic step by step book on data modeling. A straightforward reference book. |
| DAMA- DMBOK: Data Management Body of Knowledge | Data Management Body of Knowledge | This book covers all elements of data management recommended for the CDMP certification exam. Also a guideline to data projects. |
| Storytelling with Data: A Data Visualization Guide for Business Professionals | Cole Nussbaumer | Excellent book on delivering impactful and meaningful business visuals |
| Agile Data Warehouse Design: Collaborative Dimensional Modelling, from Whiteboard to Star Schema | Corr Stagnitto | Excellent reference book for data modeling |
| The Data Warehouse Toolkit | Ralph Kimball Margy Ross | Must read for all data practitioners |
| The Data Warehouse ETL Toolkit | Ralph Kimball Joe Caserta | Highly recommended literature. I wouldn’t be without this book. |
| The Data Warehouse Lifecycle Toolkit | Ralph Kimball Margy Ross Warren Thornthwaite Joy Mundy Bob Becker | Brilliant book on the lifecycle of data warehouse. Important read. |
| Data Modeling Made Simple with Embarcadero ER/Studio Data Architect | Steve Hoberman | Steve describes how to model data using ER Studio. Very useful guide. |
| The Data Governance Guidebook and Playbook | Kimberly K Wienzier | A handy literature on Data Governance |
| Data Governance: The Definitive Guide: People, Processes and Tools to Operationalize Data Trustworthiness | Evi Eryurek Uri Gilad Valliappa Lakshmanan Anita Kibunguchy-Grant Jessi Ashdown | |
| Practical Data Migration | Johny Morris | Clarifies the DMZ(Demilitarised zones) succinctly. This is a valuable read for anyone involved in data migration |
| Data governance: Governing data for sustainable business | Alison Holt (BCS) | This book explains data governance based on ISO standards |
| Managing Data Quality: A practical guide | Tim King Julian Schwarzenbach | |
| The Data Quality Blueprint: A Practical and Holistic Approach | John Parkinson | Exceedingly Excellent and Highly recommended Book on Data Quality |
| Writing Effective Business Rules: A Practical Method | Graham Witt | Thorough guidelines on how to write business rules that the business understands and the technical teams can implement! |
| Competing with High Quality Data: Concepts, Tools and Techniques for Building a Successful Approach to Data Quality | Rajesh Jugulum | A Statistical Approach to measuring Data Quality. Excellent Book. |
| Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program | John Ladley | Step by step guideline to Standing up a Data Governance Program. Highly Recommended. |
| Non-Invasive Data Governance: The Path of Least Resistance and Greatest Success | Robert S Seiner | A guide on stakeholder friendly approach to begin introducing Data Governance to an organisation |
| The Data Catalog: Sherlock Holmes Data Sleuthing for Analytics | Bonnie K O’Neil Lowell Fryman | Good read describing Data Catalog functionalities of select vendors |
| The Nimble Elephant: Agile Delivery of Data Models using a Pattern-based Approach | John Giles | |
| Business unintelligence: Insights and Innovation beyond Analytics and Big Data | Dr Barry Delvin | |
| Data Diplomacy: Keeping the Peace and Avoiding Data Governance Bureaucracy | Hakan Edvinsson | Excellent Read describing implementation of Data Governance from an Architectural view |
| Getting in Front on Data: Who Does What | Thomas C Redman, Ph.D | |
| Principle Based Enterprise Architecture: A systematic Approach to Enterprise Architecture and Governance | Ian Koenig | |
| Making Enterprise Information Management Work for Business: A Guide to Understanding Information as an Asset | John Ladley | |
| The Data Model Resource Book; Volume 1 | Len Silverston | A reference book to tried and tested data models for different industries |
| Executing Data Quality Projects: Ten Steps to Quality Data and Trusted Information | Danette McGilvray | Excellent guidebook for Data Quality practitioners |
| Data Cataloging | Jeff Harris | |
| Data Model Scorecard | Steve Hoberman | Essential for reviewing and validating data model. This is a staple and must have for data modelers |
| Navigating the Labyrinth | Laura Sebastian-Coleman | DAMA DMBOK2 lite version Recommended for Executives |
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