Written by over 120 data management practitioners, the DAMA Guide to the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBOK) is the most impressive compilation of data management principals and best practices, ever assembled. It provides data management and IT professionals, executives, knowledge workers, educators, and researchers with a framework to manage their data and mature their information infrastructure. This print edition is also available in electronic PDF format on a CD (see ISBN 9780977140084). The equivalent of the PMBOK or the BABOK, the DAMA-DMBOK provides information on: Data Governance Data Architecture Management Data DevelopmentDatabase Operations ManagementData Security Management Reference & Master Data ManagementData Warehousing & Business Intelligence ManagementDocument & Content Management Meta Data Management Data Quality ManagementProfessional Development As an authoritative introduction to data management, the goals of the DAMA-DMBOK Guide are: To build consensus for a generally applicable view of data management functions. To provide standard definitions for commonly used data management functions, deliverables, roles, and other terminology. To document guiding principles for data management. To present a vendor-neutral overview to commonly accepted good practices, widely adopted methods and techniques, and significant alternative approaches. To clarify the scope and boundaries of data management. To act as a reference which guides readers to additional resources for further understanding.