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Data Governance Handbook

By : Wendy S. Batchelder
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Data Governance Handbook

By: Wendy S. Batchelder

Overview of this book

2.5 quintillion bytes! This is the amount of data being generated every single day across the globe. As this number continues to grow, understanding and managing data becomes more complex. Data professionals know that it’s their responsibility to navigate this complexity and ensure effective governance, empowering businesses with the right data, at the right time, and with the right controls. If you are a data professional, this book will equip you with valuable guidance to conquer data governance complexities with ease. Written by a three-time chief data officer in global Fortune 500 companies, the Data Governance Handbook is an exhaustive guide to understanding data governance, its key components, and how to successfully position solutions in a way that translates into tangible business outcomes. By the end, you’ll be able to successfully pitch and gain support for your data governance program, demonstrating tangible outcomes that resonate with key stakeholders.
Table of Contents (24 chapters)
1
Part 1:Designing the Path to Trusted Data
7
Part 2:Data Governance Capabilities Deep Dive
14
Part 3:Building Trust through Value-Based Delivery
20
Part 4:Case Study

Primary Data Management

One of the core capabilities of any organization is the ability to standardize its most core, most connected data: master & reference data. By nature, mastered data provides a solution whereas data used by multiple divisions for many uses are standardized and cleansed for the benefit of the organization at large. We will start with the basics: What is master data? Why is it critical? What makes it so complex and difficult to deploy and adopt? We will dive into what the different types of data are, and how it varies from customer data platforms.

I will explain how to prioritize this data governance capability and how to implement a strong and centralized master data solution that will impact and elevate the power of data for an enterprise into a strategic asset. All the capabilities introduced thus far will be woven into this powerful capability to tie them together.

Before we dive in; a note on the use of the term “Master Data Management”...