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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

Conclusion

As you establish a culture of building quick wins for impact, you are creating a machine of delivery within your team that will help build your reputation as a dependable and innovative team. Most organizations do not build this culture, and are constantly asking for the big projects, and unwilling to start small. There is no reason not to do both. By investing in quick wins and the process to deliver them early, you build momentum fast. By adopting the continuous delivery model and data product mindset, your teams can deliver incremental and powerful value in a predictable, scalable way.

Be mindful to capture how you will measure the quality and impact of your quick wins so that you are able to tell your value story quickly and effectively. There is a great deal of power in being able to quantify your impact on the company quickly and effectively. This will captivate your stakeholders, elevate your team’s impact, and create additional demand for your team’...