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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

Benefits of data automation

When it comes to automation, the benefits extend beyond efficiency. Efficiency is a great first principle, but data automation empowers us to do so much more. These benefits can and should be quantified as you build your business case, and as you realize the value, you should report on them to show the return on investment (ROI) for your data automation investments. The common benefits are wide-ranging, such as the following:

  • Ensure accuracy and consistency: Data automation eliminates human error in data handling, leading to reliable and trustworthy information.
    • Example: Automating the enrichment of data for marketing leads to reduced errors and produces comparable, consistent results daily.
  • Gain deeper insights: Analyzing vast datasets at scale, uncovering hidden patterns and trends that are invisible to the human eye.
    • Example: Automatically identifying the hidden patterns between product purchases and customer demographics, such as a situation...