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Data Quality in practice

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The Data Quality in Practice programme equips participants with the practical skills and methodologies required to assess, improve and manage data quality within organisational environments.

The programme combines hands-on techniques, governance frameworks and real-world use cases, ensuring participants can apply data quality practices directly in their operational context.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

[ Understand the core dimensions of data quality ]

[ Perform data profiling and validation ]

[ Use tools to ensure or improve data quality ]

[ Write data quality rules ]

Full programme information

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High-quality data is a critical enabler for decision-making, analytics, AI systems and operational effectiveness. Poor data quality leads to incorrect insights, operational inefficiencies and increased risk — especially in high-trust environments such as defence, public sector and regulated industries.

This training focuses on translating data quality concepts into practical, operational processes. Participants learn how to identify data quality issues, define quality standards, implement improvement actions and embed data quality governance within their organisation.

Foundations and measurement

09:00 – Introduction

  • Programme overview and objectives
  • Role of data quality in organisational performance

09:30 – Data quality fundamentals

  • What is data quality
  • Critical data and key quality dimensions (accuracy, completeness, consistency, timeliness)
  • Impact of poor data quality

11:00 – Break

11:15 – Measuring data quality

  • Data quality rules (DQ rules)
  • Metrics and KPIs
  • How to assess and monitor data quality

12:00 – Lunch

Assessment, improvement and operationalisation

13:00 – Data profiling and validation

  • Data profiling techniques
  • Validating data content
  • Data quality audits

14:00 – Root cause analysis and problem solving

  • Identifying data quality issues
  • Root cause analysis methods
  • Selecting appropriate remediation actions

15:00 – Break

15:15 – Data quality improvement in practice

  • Data cleansing techniques
  • “Data quality by design” principles
  • Embedding controls in processes and systems

16:15 – Case study and conclusions

  • Practical application
  • Lessons learned
  • Key takeaways and guidelines

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Understand the core dimensions of data quality
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Perform data profiling and validation
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Identify and analyse data quality issues
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Implement data quality improvements in practice
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Embed data quality governance in operations

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