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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

Delivering Quick Wins with Impact

As you launch your data transformation program, your team will quickly and consistently deliver results. Because of the nature of data governance, and skeptics of the practice of data translating into real, measurable results, you will need to shorten the time to first value as much as possible, and crisply and consistently show progress. In this chapter, I will walk you through how to create momentum with quick wins, how to communicate these wins effectively to and with the business, and how to ensure the business stakeholders understand how your results translate into their success.

In my experience, data leaders who bet exclusively on big, transformational platforms often lose stakeholder interest by the time their results are realized. You can’t wait until your platforms or capabilities are launched to claim victory. In my experience, big-bang solutions are critical, but they can’t be everything. No stakeholder group or company...