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Elevate your career by achieving the CDMP Practitioner and Master certifications before the year ends!

Discover the power of professional growth with our transformative CDMP Journey—designed to sharpen your skills and boost your expertise. Building on your foundation, we invite you to enroll in our upcoming courses:

- Data Management Fundamentals (September 2025)
- Data Governance Fundamentals (October 2025)
- Data Quality Fundamentals (November 2025)

Take the opportunity to boost your data literacy with our exclusive offer of a 15% discount on all course enrolments, valid until 30 July 2025!

Spots are limited, and this offer won’t last long. Take the first step toward your certification today!

CDMP Practitioner Path | Become a Data Leader Boost your data management skills with CDMP Practitioner training, based on DAMA standards—perfect for professionals ready to lead in data.

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Over the last two years, we brought together a community of passionate Data Management Professionals from over 30 countries and hosted some incredible sessions.

We thought it was time to go bigger and bolder.

For 2023, we are setting up a hybrid event. Both remote and in-person, to get the most from both worlds.

To reach the widest audience whilst allowing face-to-face, real-life interactions.

Full info and registrations via our official website: data-emea.org

Landing page 2023 - EMEA Data Conference The conference of DAMA Chaptersof the EMEA region 29th November — 2nd December 2023Bologna, Italy Register Shape the future Every year we bring together data management passionates and professionals from all over 25 countries, and design some incredible and inspiring sessions. This y...

📢 Exciting News for all Data Professionals! 🎉

Attention everyone! Coming this September, we have an amazing Data Quality Course just for you! 📚✨

Looking to boost your data skills and ensure the accuracy of information?

Our course has got you covered! Learn practical techniques for data profiling, cleansing, validation, and integration. 📊💡

The best part? Successfully completing the course will help you pass the DAMA Data Quality specialization exam!

Earn a recognized credential that will make you stand out in the job market. 🎓🚀

Enrollment is open, so stay tuned for updates! Don't miss out on this opportunity to level up your data quality skills and unlock new possibilities. 📢🔓

Tag your friends or colleagues who might be interested and let's embark on this learning journey together! 🌐🤝

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Data Quality - CDMP Specialist - FIT Academy Courses The course addresses the fundamentals of Data Quality as identified by the international standard, DAMA Body of Knowledge (DMBOK2), and is aimed at individuals interested in obtaining an academic understanding of the discipline as well as preparing for the corresponding certification DAMA Data Quali...

We continue to develop our data art gallery!

The concept of "literacy" immediately reminds us of the education path during the first years of our life.

That's why we asked to Dall-e 2 by OpenAI to create "an impressionist style painting of a group of students looking at a blackboard on which graphs and charts are drawn".

Because Data Literacy is essentially Data Education

The algorithm did not draw the graphs on the board, but we still liked the painting!

Farewell to February's Data Governance and welcome to March's Data Literacy!

A new domain will be with us throughout the month: data literacy has gained much attention in recent years because of the gap between methods and analysis and the skills of individuals in aspiring "data-driven" organizations.

We wanted to start with this quote from Miro Kazakoff of MIT Sloan Executive Education.

Please share with us our thoughts on this critical topic!

February is coming to an end and along with it our in-depth look at Data Governance.

Before starting a new month dedicated to a new topic, here is just a brief recap of the most popular content we shared over the month on our Linkedin page.

👉 Data Governance definitions: some good definitions, from the very best;

👉 Data Governance arts: Dall-e 2 painted for us three data stewards discussing data governance principles and standards;

👉 10+1 basic tips that you should follow to develop an effective data governance project;

👉 5 data governance books that in our opinion are the must-have in the data governance domain

👉 Last but not least the great interview with Nicola Askham, one the most relevant data governance professional.

That's it! We hope you have enjoyed the content we have posted; let us know in the comments if we have forgotten anything and what future topics you would like to see on the Fit Academy page!

If you want to take your professional career in data to the next level the Data Management Certification is the right choice for you.

The Certified Data Management Professional (CDMP) is a globally recognized Data Management Certification program run by DAMA International, the most important international association of Data Managers.

We are registered providers and can prepare you for the certification exam in just 18 hours of deep-dive.

You'll have a strong knowledge of data management, governance, metadata, modeling, data science, and all the other domains of the data ecosystem.

More than 3.000 students have already attended our courses with a success rate for the CDMP certification of 96%.

The next course in Spanish is starting soon, reserve your seat and become a certified data manager.

Data Management Fundamentals in Spanish - FIT Academy Courses The course addresses ALL disciplines as identified by the international standard, DAMA (www.dama.org) Body of Knowledge (DMBOK2) and is aimed to individuals interested in consolidating professionalism in the field of Data Management. This course, dedicated to experienced professionals, helps to cons...

Five Data Governance books from the best international authors.

Here is a list of some of the best books ever written about data governance.

👉 DAMA-DMBOK 2.0: to learn from the most relevant data management international standard.

👉 DATA GOVERNANCE by John Ladley: simply a must-have to have in your collection.

👉 NON INVASIVE DATA GOVERNANCE by Robert S. Seiner: to learn how to manage a data governance project adopting a lean and non-invasive approach.

👉 THE CHIEF DATA OFFICER HANDBOOK FOR DATA GOVERNANCE by Sunil Soares: data governance from the CDO point of view.

👉 DAMA STEWARDSHIP by David Plotkin: a deep-dive of the "stewardship side" of data governance.

Did we forget something?

Do you have any other books to suggest?

Each Data Management Fundamentals course is unique.

Because each class has its own store and experience.

And every time we finish a course, we collect the voice of the students that become part of our precious lessons learned.

Thanks to all the students who attended our last courses, here are some of their thoughts.

Please ChatGPT, could you help us understand how Data Governance and Data Science/Artificial Intelligence relate to each other?

"While data governance may seem like a peripheral discipline for data scientists and machine learning specialists, it is actually closely tied to their work and has a direct impact on the quality of the data they use and the results they produce.

Here are a few reasons why data scientists and machine learning specialists should care about data governance:

Data Quality: The accuracy and reliability of the data used for modeling and analysis is critical to the success of any machine learning project. Data governance provides a framework for ensuring the quality of data by establishing processes for data validation, error correction, and standardization.

Consistent Data Definitions: Data governance helps to ensure that data is consistently defined and understood across an organization, which is essential for accurate and reliable analysis. This is particularly important when working with large, complex datasets that may be used by multiple departments and stakeholders.

Data Security and Privacy With the increasing importance of data privacy and security, data governance provides a framework for ensuring that sensitive and confidential data is properly managed and protected. This is essential for maintaining the privacy of individuals and protecting sensitive information, such as financial data or personal health information.

Compliance: Many industries and organizations are subject to regulations and laws governing data handling. Data governance provides a framework for ensuring compliance with these regulations, such as GDPR, HIPAA, and others, which is critical for avoiding significant fines and legal repercussions."

In summary, data governance is an important discipline for data scientists and machine learning specialists to understand and consider because it has a direct impact on the quality, consistency, security, and compliance of the data they use for their work."