Managing data continues to grow as a necessity for modern organizations. There are seemingly infinite opportunities for organic growth, reduction of costs, and creation of new products and services. It has become apparent that none of these opportunities can happen smoothly without data governance. The cost of exponential data growth and privacy / security concerns are becoming burdensome. Organizations will encounter unexpected consequences in new sources of risk. The solution to these challenges is also data governance; ensuring balance between risk and opportunity.
Data Governance, Second Edition, is for any executive, manager or data professional who needs to understand or implement a data governance program. It is required to ensure consistent, accurate and reliable data across their organization. This book offers an overview of why data governance is needed, how to design, initiate, and execute a program and how to keep the program sustainable. This valuable resource provides comprehensive guidance to beginning professionals, managers or analysts looking to improve their processes, and advanced students in Data Management and related courses. With the provided framework and case studies all professionals in the data governance field will gain key insights into launching successful and money-saving data governance program.
1. Chapter 2: Introduction - p. 6 2. Chapter 3: Data literacy and concepts - p. 13 3. Chapter 4: Overview: A day in the life of a data governance program and its capabilities - p. 31 4. Chapter 5: The data governance business case - p. 49 5. Chapter 6: Overview of data governance development and deployment - p. 60 6. Chapter 7: Engagement - p. 80 7. Chapter 8: Strategy - p. 114 8. Chapter 9: Architecture and design - p. 140 9. Chapter 10: Implementation - p. 185 10. Chapter 11: Operation and change - p. 214 11. Chapter 12: Final items and summary - p. 231 12. Appendix 1: Work areas, activities, and tasks - p. 240 13. Appendix 2: Change capacity assessment - p. 252 14. Appendix 3: Data governance charter template - p. 255 15. Appendix 4: Data governance orientation and on-going knowledge transfer template - p. 259 16. Appendix 5: Data governance capabilities and functions - p. 262 17. Appendix 6: Stakeholder analysis - p. 275 18. Appendix 7: Leadership alignment assessment - p. 277 19. Appendix 8: Communications plan - p. 277 20. Appendix 9: Training plan - p. 281 21. Appendix 10: Post-roll-out checklist - p. 287 22. Appendix 11: Sponsor guidelines - p. 287 23. Appendix 12: Leadership coaching - p. 291 24. Appendix 13: Resistance plan template - p. 291 25. Appendix 14: Guiding principles to policies alignment - p. 295 26. Appendix 15: Data governance program start-up plan - p. 297 27. Appendix 16: Sample data governance metrics - p. 297 28. Appendix 17: Phase activity task table from first edition - p. 300 29. Appendix 18: Executive level sample roadmap - p. 319 30. Index - p. 321
Managing data continues to grow as a necessity for modern organizations. There are seemingly infinite opportunities for organic growth, reduction of costs, and creation of new products and services. It has become apparent that none of these opportunities can happen smoothly without data governance. The cost of exponential data growth and privacy / security concerns are becoming burdensome. Organizations will encounter unexpected consequences in new sources of risk. The solution to these challenges is also data governance; ensuring balance between risk and opportunity.
Data Governance, Second Edition, is for any executive, manager or data professional who needs to understand or implement a data governance program. It is required to ensure consistent, accurate and reliable data across their organization. This book offers an overview of why data governance is needed, how to design, initiate, and execute a program and how to keep the program sustainable. This valuable resource provides comprehensive guidance to beginning professionals, managers or analysts looking to improve their processes, and advanced students in Data Management and related courses. With the provided framework and case studies all professionals in the data governance field will gain key insights into launching successful and money-saving data governance program.
1. Chapter 2: Introduction - p. 6 2. Chapter 3: Data literacy and concepts - p. 13 3. Chapter 4: Overview: A day in the life of a data governance program and its capabilities - p. 31 4. Chapter 5: The data governance business case - p. 49 5. Chapter 6: Overview of data governance development and deployment - p. 60 6. Chapter 7: Engagement - p. 80 7. Chapter 8: Strategy - p. 114 8. Chapter 9: Architecture and design - p. 140 9. Chapter 10: Implementation - p. 185 10. Chapter 11: Operation and change - p. 214 11. Chapter 12: Final items and summary - p. 231 12. Appendix 1: Work areas, activities, and tasks - p. 240 13. Appendix 2: Change capacity assessment - p. 252 14. Appendix 3: Data governance charter template - p. 255 15. Appendix 4: Data governance orientation and on-going knowledge transfer template - p. 259 16. Appendix 5: Data governance capabilities and functions - p. 262 17. Appendix 6: Stakeholder analysis - p. 275 18. Appendix 7: Leadership alignment assessment - p. 277 19. Appendix 8: Communications plan - p. 277 20. Appendix 9: Training plan - p. 281 21. Appendix 10: Post-roll-out checklist - p. 287 22. Appendix 11: Sponsor guidelines - p. 287 23. Appendix 12: Leadership coaching - p. 291 24. Appendix 13: Resistance plan template - p. 291 25. Appendix 14: Guiding principles to policies alignment - p. 295 26. Appendix 15: Data governance program start-up plan - p. 297 27. Appendix 16: Sample data governance metrics - p. 297 28. Appendix 17: Phase activity task table from first edition - p. 300 29. Appendix 18: Executive level sample roadmap - p. 319 30. Index - p. 321
