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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

Three common data organization models

The roles you need should be determined by what you need to achieve. Truly, there are endless possibilities for how an organization could and should structure its team for success, and only you can design the right team for your unique situation. However, in the following pages, I will outline four types of data functions you may need to lead and suggest a few different organizational structures that will enable the four types to deliver successfully. It is your job, as the leader of the data function, to select which of the four types is appropriate for your organization’s objectives.

Establishing the office of the CDO

Regardless of your company’s data and analytic needs, organizations should have at least a small, central function. I will refer to this central function as the office of the CDO. Depending on your organizational structure selected, you may have a larger size and scoped office or a smaller size and scoped office...