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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

How to deliver results to build trust

Building trust in data solutions goes beyond just the data itself. It’s about establishing a foundation of reliability, transparency, and accountability across the entire process. The most trusted solutions I have delivered in my career started with strong transparency, my willingness to take full and unwavering accountability, and delivering against commitments, thus establishing myself and my team as reliable partners.

Prioritize collaboration and communication

When you are working with stakeholders, bring them into the build process. It can be unusual but effective to bring stakeholders into iterative design processes versus waiting until you have a fully baked solution to show them the outcome. Being open about interim steps can help them see a few things: 1) the complexity of the solution and 2) when something isn’t going to serve them early so that quick pivots can be made. A few considerations to enable collaboration...