SMIS - The Importance of Data Quality

SMIS - The Importance of Data Quality

The Rail Safety and Standards Board Podcast · 2022-10-13

Good decision making needs the support of good data. So, in this episode you can hear about the work that goes into assuring data quality, and the people behind it.

00:46 Introducing Siona Vass

01:43 About data quality and why it’s important

03:29 How RSSB measures data quality

04:26 Industry’s involvement in improving data quality

06:15 Continuous improvement and when data quality is ‘good enough’

07:26 How RSSB monitors data that might be missing or under-reported

08:51 The role for leaders in supporting data quality

10:16 What would happen if we didn’t manage data quality

11:23 The biggest contributors to data quality

12:15 Summary and close

You may also be interested in:

Data Quality Programme https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/risk-and-safety-intelligence/safety-management-intelligence-system/smis-data-quality

SMIS in Context: https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/risk-and-safety-intelligence/safety-management-intelligence-system/smis-in-context

Improving SMIS: Usability, Performance, Business Intelligence https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/risk-and-safety-intelligence/safety-management-intelligence-system/improving-smis-usability-performance-business-intelligence

Strategy for SMIS https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/risk-and-safety-intelligence/safety-management-intelligence-system/strategy-for-smis

SMIS Support https://www.rssb.co.uk/safety-and-health/risk-and-safety-intelligence/safety-management-intelligence-system/smis-support

Learning from the past to inform the future of SMIS https://www.rssb.co.uk/what-we-do/insights-and-news/blogs/learning-from-the-past-to-inform-the-future-of-smis

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