Patent ID: 8868516

Claim:
In association with a data processing system disposed to receive and process enterprise data, a method for managing data quality comprising the steps of: responsive to the data processing system receiving a specified data element, determining, by the data processing system, a data type of said specified data element; determining, by the data processing system, a confidence level of said specified data element; selecting, by the data processing system, a plurality of subject matter experts (SMEs) knowledgeable about the data type of said specified data element; responsive to the data processing system determining that an event having a high priority associated with said specified data element commenced said method, dispatching, by the data processing system, a request using Simultaneous Verification to each of said plurality of SMEs knowledgeable about the data type of said specified data element to revise and validate said specified data element; responsive to the data processing system determining that the event that commenced the method does not have a high priority, dispatching, by the data processing system, said request using Sequential Verification to each of said plurality of SMEs; and updating, by the data processing system, said specified data element in accordance with each revision provided by an SME of said plurality of SMEs knowledgeable about the data type of said specified data element in response to said request.