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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

Key roles to support you

As a part of your delivery plan, for your first data domain, I recommend you spend the appropriate time aligning on roles and responsibilities between your team (the business of data), the technology team (the technology of data), and the business team (the data domain). This can be accomplished by working with the executive data domain leader’s team, the CIO (or their delegate), and your team. Working together to define what you are responsible for versus what the data domain is responsible for versus what the IT function is responsible for upfront will enable better teamwork as you get into delivery together.

You will also need to establish a strong relationship with your finance business partner to assist you in managing the appropriate budget for your program, as well as the talent team (sometimes referred to as HR or recruitment) as you build out your team, which I will describe in Chapter 3 in more detail. There are various other functions that...