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January 26, 2005

The Best "Best Practice"

In May, the Wilshire Conference Group is putting together something special by bringing in the winners of the Wilshire Award which our team won a few years ago. The idea is to allow each representative to name their very best “Best Practice”. Myself, I can think of three: evolution, expansion, and passion. If I had to choose today, evolution would be the best of the best. Why? Two things that never seem to stand still are the business and technology. Every IT department goes through changes which are generally either driven by the business changing or the technology. Assuming you agree with this statement, then the Metadata Services Group within your organization must evolve. Evolve to expand the product and service offering, evolve to take advantage of new technology, and evolve to add value to the business irregardless where this may take you. If the leadership approached you to define, design, and deliver (3D’s) a metadata solution for the Intranet, would you turn them down to stay focused on core database metadata?

Posted by Todd at January 26, 2005 12:38 AM