Making an Asset of Your Data

Just found a piece from Robert L. Weiner Consulting on the database management. To brush up on your database management strategy, check if you have any of the typical mistakes listed below.

• Lack of specified data entry policies and procedures, hence no one knowing and applying them.

• Using Excel as if it were a database (JUST a spreadsheet, okay?)

• Having no one in charge of data entry/data quality training.

• Forgetting all about backups, or running them way too seldom.

• Allowing staff to copy sensitive information onto portable devices and take it home.

• Insufficient password security measures.

• Error management? Lack of error management strategies, careless data handling by staff.

• Keeping your user access rights and security options a mess.

Not about you? Then congratulations, your database management efforts don’t need a fix.