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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

Adoption That Drives Business Success

Now that we have covered what data governance is, how to gather support, design a program, baseline the organization, and launch and deliver against the plan, we need to be able to ensure solutions are used by the business. Driving the adoption of data solutions is not a one-time activity, nor does it end after the delivery of the program. While there should be initial adoption done during implementation, adoption is an ongoing activity that you and your team must master in order to ensure maximum impact is realized from data investments.

In short, your long-term success is tightly coupled with your ability to deliver value into perpetuity. Your data solutions will live or die based on the post-go-live, but most teams stop short of success by considering “go-live” the end milestone. This chapter will delve into the crucial, and often overlooked, aspect of data governance: adoption. We will explore why driving widespread use of...