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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

Why does adoption fail?

There are a number of reasons that lead to the failure of data governance solutions. I have had success bucketing them into a few key themes, to help you identify where solutions go wrong and how you can prevent these failures from happening in your own adoption journey. They are broken into three core categories:

  • The solution
  • The company
  • The leader (you)

All three reasons are common, and all three reasons are very possible for any data governance solution failure.

The solution is the problem

The first and most commonly blamed barrier to success is the solution itself. This means that the solution built or created for your stakeholders is just not the right solution. Either it was the wrong solution altogether or the process and/or technology isn’t working as intended. In short, the solution isn’t going to work for your company’s needs. Usually, the solution issues are one or more of the following:

  • Usability...