Databases Reference
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− unnecessary spending in BPM projects when the
processes implemented handle poor quality data;
− unnecessary spending in data quality tools when
systems continue to produce poor quality data. These tools
act in a loop: they “clean up” databases that silos continue to
supply, day to day, with duplicated and erroneous
information.
Rather than correct the causes of the weakness of the
current Information Systems, too often IT acts on the
symptoms. The suppression of a symptom can provide relief
in the short term and make it possible to enjoy a rapid gain
but the cause remains encrusted in the memory of systems,
and is revealed elsewhere, by other actors within the IT
system, or later in a more violent manner. The stratification
of current systems proves this; the approach of rapid gain is
not sustainable.
It is not necessary to engage additional IT budgets to start
the renovation. The most important issue is reorientating a
part of investments towards dealing more with the causes of
weaknesses and less with the symptoms. Of course, this
demands a different mobilization of business and IT teams:
it is necessary to pool investments, to restart the modeling of
needs, not to be content with drawing a process and a few
screens to describe a business domain, to acquire
competencies or reactivate them, in particular in Master
Data Management and in Business Rules Management
domains.
The natural temptation of the IT expert is to shy away
from tasks involving effort:
− the experienced IT expert seeks the comfort of
responsibility for the control of management in maintenance
operations, limiting innovation and renovation risks;
