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Happy Blogiversary to Mastering Data Management!

Initiate’s blog, covering topics from Master Data Management and Data Governance to Entity Resolution and Interoperable Health has grown leaps and bounds since it was launched on August 25, 2009.

Thank you to everyone who has read or commented on one or many of the posts! We have grown from a small team of bloggers – some of whom were skeptical about the “blogging thing” – to a team of more than 20 from across the company.

Some of our most popular posts have been series, and anything related to MDM, data governance and data quality seems to pique your interest.

Our top 10 posts of our first year, by number of views:

Series: Building an MDM Roadmap – Larry Dubov’s recent series proved wildly popular, and addressed the components of a successful MDM strategy.

But before you can build a roadmap, you have to build the business case. Larry’s early 2010 series, Building a Business Case for MDM, discussed justifying the business case to secure crucial executive commitment and buy-in.

Series: Building an HIE Through International Standards – Bill Klaver’s spring 2010 series walked through all the pieces that work together in a health information exchange, from privacy and registries to repositories  and PIX/PDQ.

Are We There Yet? Results of the Data Governance Survey – Marty Moseley revealed the surprising results of a recent survey that assessed the data governance maturity of nearly 100 organizations.

The Value of Data – Marty mused on how organizations value data, and how these mindsets have evolved.

What ARE “Master Data?” – A third Marty post in the top 10, this popular post explained the differences between reference data, master data, transactional data and audit data, which kicked off a great conversation in the comments.

The Relationship Between MDM and Data Governance – This post stemmed from a Twitter conversation that @GarnieBolling started and Jim Harris of @OCDQBlog ran with. Marty pondered which came first, and how the two must coexist.

Estimating the Benefits of MDM – As part of his Business Case series, Larry’s post on how to estimate the actual benefits of MDM drew a lot of traffic.

Traditional Methods for Estimating Business Benefits of MDM – The very next week, Larry’s post on the traditional “bottom-up” approach to estimating MDM’s benefits to business again proved popular.

Data Governance Policies and Metrics for Data Quality – Larry’s January post discussed the importance of defining data quality metrics while starting a data governance program.

What has your favorite post or topic been? What do you hope to see more of in the next year? We always appreciate your feedback! Thanks for your support and continued readership!