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DGS 203 – Data Governance Council / Board Training

Duration: 1 -2 days

The seminar will take the members of an organization’s Data Governance Council/Board, with little to no background in EIM or Data Governance, to a functional understanding of the components of an Enterprise Information Management program and a Data Governance program, and show critical success factors, risk factors, program design, and processes used in EIM and Data Governance.

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This seminar is an overview of enterprise information management (EIM) concepts and practices and information/data governance concepts and practices, and their use in achieving business objectives, developed specifically for an organization’s Data Governance Council/Board.

The seminar will take the members of an organization’s Data Governance Council/Board, with little to no background in EIM or Data Governance, to a functional understanding of the components of an Enterprise Information Management program and a Data Governance program, and show critical success factors, risk factors, program design, and processes used in EIM and Data Governance.

This overview is designed to allow the members of the organization’s Data Governance Council or Board to fully understand the purpose of EIM and Data Governance. The attendees will be able to communicate and socialize the value of managing data and information as assets in all company activities—holistically and not in siloed projects. Successful completion of this training will allow the council/board members to start developing an insight into the main activities of a Data Governance Council/Board.

This course provides participants with practical, in-depth understanding of how to implement a successful Data Governance Council or Board. Through discussion, attendees will see the real-world implementation skills necessary to build a well-functioning council/board for their organization.

Objectives

  • Develop an understanding of the need for EIM to an organization
  • Develop an understanding of the need for data governance and stewardship to an organization
  • Discover how your organization can create an effective Data Governance Council or Board
  • Learn how to adopt best practices for creating and managing an effective Data Governance Council and its interactions
  • Understand EIM and data governance so the council can avoid the common obstacles that derail typical data governance initiatives

Seminar Content

  • Information as an Enterprise Asset
  • Enterprise Information Management – Introduction
    • What is EIM?
    • EIM framework – industry standards
    • Common EIM goals
    • Common EIM guiding principles
    • Representative issues and challenges of implementing an EIM program
    • Key attributes to a successful EIM program
    • Sample EIM organization structure
  • Introduction to EIM Framework Components
    • Data governance – the foundation of EIM
    • Information architecture and data architecture
    • Information quality management
    • Reference and master data management
    • Data warehousing and business intelligence
    • Structured data management
    • Unstructured data management/content management
    • Metadata management
    • Information security management
  • Introduction to Data Governance
    • Issues and challenges of implementing a data governance program
    • Key attributes to a successful data governance program
    • Role of the data governance program in enterprise information management
  • Introduction to Data Stewardship
    • Understand the four types of data stewards and the right people to become data stewards
    • Issues and challenges of data stewardship
    • Key attributes of successful data stewards
    • Role of the data stewardship in a data governance program
  • Data Governance and Stewardship Program Overview
    • Defining governance requirements
    • Integrating data stewardship into a data governance program
    • A sample data governance and stewardship project plan
    • Appropriate data governance documents
    • Planning the maintenance of a data governance and stewardship program
  • Main Activities of a Data Governance Council/Board
    • RACI Chart Overview for a Data Governance Council/Board
    • Examples of a Data Governance Council/Board activities
  • Implementing a Data Governance and Stewardship Program
    • Key obstacles to avoid
    • How to break down political barriers
    • Implementing the program in manageable iterations
  • Conclusion, Questions

About the Course Designer

This training was designed by David Marco, PhD, an internationally recognized authority on data and AI governance, to help teams succeed in real organizational conditions. The curriculum equips participants with practical judgment, shared language, and decision clarity that hold under scale, risk, and executive accountability.

David Marco PHD EWSolutions

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