Four Foundational Data Governance Policies

05 October, 2016

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Best Practices

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Every organization needs a set of foundational policies to manage the basic operations of data governance.  Policies are different from guiding principles Introduction Every organization needs to create and maintain a set of basic or foundational policies to manage the operations of data governance effectively.  Many people confuse the terms "policy" with "guiding principle."  Policies are "the

Challenges to Data Governance Deployment

01 October, 2010

Deborah Henderson

Data Governance

Challenges to successful data governance deployment are numerous, but can be avoided or overcome through attention to best practices and industry standards Introduction Corporate interest in data governance often starts with recognition within data integration projects that there is a high variability in success and that this can be attributed, partially, to a lack of standardized approaches to d

Identifying Business Value for Data Governance and Data Stewardship

05 June, 2016

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Organization

Ensure that your organization can identify the actual business value data governance and data stewardship contribute to start and maintain the program Introduction Often, data governance and data stewardship programs are cited for a lack of tangible metrics that indicate the success of the initiative.  Without identifying criteria for measuring the results of the data governance program and the a

Data Governance Guiding Principles

05 May, 2016

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Organization

Base your data governance program on a set of enduring guiding principles to ensure long-term success! Introduction Guiding principles are statements that direct the organization in the course of its operations, in all circumstances, regardless of changes in management or other impermanent things.  In a continuing program such as data governance, it is important to establish a set of points that

Data Governance Maturity Overview

01 October, 2006

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.

Data Governance

Using a data governance maturity model to assess and continually measure the performance of the data governance program can give any organization tactical and strategic benefits. Introduction Generally, data governance  is a long-term strategic initiative, but data governance can also deliver short-term, tactical benefits. The need for both strategic and tactical approaches to data governance con

Metadata Definitions – Common Data Stewardship Activities

01 January, 2006

David P. Marco

Data Stewardship

Creating and maintaining business and technical metadata definitions are two common data stewardship activities.  Doing them well is essential to data stewardship success. Introduction Data stewards  perform many common activities, including developing and maintaining data domain values, creating and managing business data rules, and supporting the data quality rules, validation and resolution p