EWSolutions' Data Stewardship and Governance Conference Announced For October 3-5, 2011

Hinsdale, IL(6/7/11) - EWSolutions announces the final course for the 2011 Annual Marco Masters Series. Enterprise Data Stewardship & Governance: Full Life-Cycle Roadmap will be held on Monday, October 3 - Wednesday October 5, 2011. This premier 3 day event will once again be held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Oak Brook Hotel just 30 minutes from the heart of Chicago. Marco Masters Series attendees will have a unique opportunity to learn from and network with top professionals in the field while becoming a Data Management Professional.

The third offering, Enterprise Data Stewardship & Governance: Full Life-Cycle Roadmap, follow two previous events this year, Creating and Implementing An Enterprise Information Management Program and Managed Meta Data Environment (MME) Full Life-Cycle Guide. Data Stewardship and Governance focuses on data and information which are critical assets of any organization and should be considered as valuable a resource as buildings, employees and products. For a company to gain a significant competitive advantage, it must focus on managing and using its data effectively. Data stewardship and the governance of information assets are essential parts of any relevant information systems strategy for the 21st century.

This intensive 3 day course will deliver a roadmap for creating and implementing a data governance and stewardship program, based upon successful real-world implementations at several leading edge companies. The attendees will gain an understanding of the importance of data governance, the various types of information management approaches, the data steward’s function in the data-information-knowledge continuum, and will provide proven approaches to the implementation of a data stewardship and governance program. In this EWSolutions-certified course, attendees will develop a plan for implementing their own governance and stewardship program and they will learn about the organizational structures and roles that are essential to a successful governance/stewardship program.

Attendees Will Recieve from the Enterprise Data Stewardship & Governance Program:

• A full life-cycle approach for implementing a successful data governance and stewardship organization across the enterprise
• A proven method for addressing data quality, integrity and reuse in a data stewardship program
• The role of information assets and their effect on the entire organization
• Fundamentals of data governance and stewardship
• How to develop an effective plan for managing expanding information requirements
• How to address the political issues and organizational challenges of data governance and stewardship
• The importance of data governance to the enterprise

This ICCP-certified course provides participants with practical, in-depth understanding of how to implement a successful enterprise wide data governance and stewardship program. Through case studies and team interaction attendees will attain the real-world implementation skills necessary to build a program for their organization. Attendees will receive examples of the various artifacts that form the documentation of a data governance and stewardship program, and will be able to interact with other attendees to extend their understanding of the importance of starting and maintaining an enterprise-wide data governance and stewardship program. Hands-on workshops throughout the course will reinforce the learning experience and provide the attendees with concrete results that can be used in their organizations.

For more information about the Marco Masters Series please visit Marco Masters Series, call (866)397-1100 or email cklima@ewsolutions.com.