The Very Model of a Modern DQ General

With apologies to fellow fans of Gilbert and Sullivan and Sir Henry Lytton, I offer the following Data Quality (DQ) General's Song.  It is certainly not up to the high standards of The Pirates of Penzance or any other comic opera for that matter.  However, I hope that you find it entertaining.

The DQ General's Song

I am the very model of a modern DQ General,
I've cleansed data customer, product, and informational,
I know the challenges of data quality, and I quote issues historical,
From the Business to IT, in order categorical,
I'm very well acquainted, too, with matters very practical,
I understand application development is really quite iterational,
About teamwork and collaboration, I'm teeming with a lot o' news,
With many cheerful facts about how to succeed and not to lose.

I know the key to successful projects is the people, golly gee,
From executive sponsors and team leaders down to every busy bee,
Only together can we achieve great things tactically and strategically,
I have learned what progress has been made with modern technology,
But I understand that those are business problems we all see,
And nothing can be achieved without effective methodology;
In short, with data customer, product, and informational,
I am the very model of a modern DQ General.

I know understanding data is essential to using it effectively,
And that data's best friends are its stewards, analysts, and SMEs,
Profiling and statistical analysis can be a wonderful tool,
But if I forget the business context then I'll look like a fool,
I check for completeness and accuracy in all of my fields,
But always verify relevancy to boost my analytical yields.

I'm very good at matching and linking records probabilistically,
But I know often it can be done just as well deterministically,
And have even seen it performed quite supercalifragilistically;
In short, with data customer, product, and informational,
I am the very model of a modern DQ General.

Even with my impressive knowledge, I am still learning and must stay adventury,
With hard work and dedication, I will know everything by the end of the century;
But still, with data customer, product, and informational,
I am the very model of a modern DQ General.

Comments

[Daragh O Brien]

Jim

This is genius. I think it is a definite candidate for an IAIDQ Anthem to be sung at every meeting or gathering. And as Publicity Director I will make it so. Perhaps we should run a competition to find other candidates and then get people to vote on the best?

Daragh

[Jim Harris]

Thanks Daragh,

I would be honored to have it considered as an IAIDQ anthem.

We should definitely run a competition to find other candidates and put it to a vote.

We should also audition singers because believe me you don’t want to hear any of my sorry attempts at singing!

Best Regards...

Jim

[Henrik Liliendahl Sørensen]

In Europe we have a phenonomen called the European Song Contest. This year the show will be in Moscow in may.

As a lot of new countries has emerged the past years, I don’t think we will have a big problem in smuggling in Iowa as a new contester. Anyway there is a free space after the Georgian song has been excluded from this show.

You will need a lead male singer dressed as a general, and if you like Jim, this could be you, as singing capabilities doesn’t matter that much in this contest.

But what certainly is a must if winning is a goal, is a team of some light dressed female singers and dancers to fill the stage.

[Jim Harris]

Thanks Henrik,

Since most people in the United States couldn’t find Iowa on a map and think the Georgian song must have been a country music number performed by some singers from Atlanta, I think that it would be very easy to smuggle Iowa into the European Song Contest.

Maybe I will even start telling people that I live in Europe and convert all my money into euros.

I do enjoy a good costume party and think that I would look fetching as a general. I will avoid getting myself into trouble by commenting on the female singers and dancers.

Best Regards…

Jim

[Peter Thomas]

Of all things I wrote a Tomb Raider version of "A Modern Major General" back in the day (to say nothing of "A policeman's lot" and "Three little maids from school") - must go and dig it out and see how embarrassed I am by it :-o

Peter