The Data Management Association (DAMA), formerly known as the Data Administration Management Association, is a global
not-for-profit organization
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which aims to advance concepts and practices about
information management
Information management (IM) concerns a cycle of organizational activity: the acquisition of information from one or more sources, the custodianship and the distribution of that information to those who need it, and its ultimate disposal throug ...
and
data management. It describes itself as vendor-independent, all-volunteer organization,
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and has a membership consisting of technical and business professionals. Its international branch is called ''DAMA International'' (or ''DAMA-I''), and DAMA also has various continental and national branches around the world.
History
The Data Management Association International was founded in 1980 in Los Angeles.
Data Management Body of Knowledge
DAMA has published the Data Management Body of Knowledge (DMBOK), which contains suggestions on best practice
A best practice is a method or technique that has been generally accepted as superior to other known alternatives because it often produces results that are superior to those achieved by other means or because it has become a standard way of doing ...
s and suggestions of a common vernacular
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for enterprise data management
Enterprise data management (EDM) is the ability of an organization to precisely define, easily integrate and effectively retrieve data for both internal applications and external communication. EDM focuses on the creation of accurate, consistent, ...
. The first edition (DAMA-DMBOK) was published on 2015 April 5, and the second edition (DMBOK2) was published on 2017 July 1.
DMBOK has been described by the authors as being an "equivalent" to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK) and Business Analysis Body of Knowledge
''A Guide to the Business Analysis Body of Knowledge'' (BABOK) is a guide about business analysis, issued by the International Institute of Business Analysis (''IIBA''), attempting to reflect current best practice and to provide a framework that ...
(BABOK). It encompasses topics such as data architecture
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, security" \n\n\nsecurity.txt is a proposed standard for websites' security information that is meant to allow security researchers to easily report security vulnerabilities. The standard prescribes a text file called \"security.txt\" in the well known locat ...
, quality
Quality may refer to:
Concepts
*Quality (business), the ''non-inferiority'' or ''superiority'' of something
*Quality (philosophy), an attribute or a property
*Quality (physics), in response theory
* Energy quality, used in various science discipl ...
, modelling, governance
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, big data, data science, and more.
DAMA also provides a professional data management certification for individuals known as a Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP), which is based on the DMBOK as a study reference. It is an example of one of many competing certifications for data management professionals.10 master data management certifications that will pay off
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See also
* Data management
References
External links
DAMA INTERNATIONAL
Data management
Bodies of knowledge
Standards organizations