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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

Baseline Your Organization

A key component of measuring success is measuring your progress. To do that effectively, you need to know where you start from. In this chapter, you will learn the importance of defining a baseline, both for the organization at large and for individual projects. Next, you will learn how to capture a baseline and who to communicate it to. Finally, we will discuss how to ensure agreement on the baseline before beginning work.

There are many ways to baseline the organization to be able to measure your impact, but one of the most common is through the use of a data maturity model. Throughout the course of my last ten years in leading data transformations, one thing is for certain: having a strong baseline is beneficial not just for your stakeholders but also for you. It gives you an opportunity to demonstrate how much of an impact you’ve been able to drive through your tenure as the leader and the measurable progress of your team.

We will discuss...