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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

Core metadata capabilities

Business metadata capabilities should be led by the data management solutions team under the office of the Chief Data & Analytics Officer. Business metadata must be driven centrally and should partner closely with business data stewards across the company to deliver end-to-end metadata process and technology solutions, including the tooling and processes required to enable business value from metadata management. In this section, we will cover the core capabilities that the data management solutions team is responsible for when deploying and managing enterprise-wide.

Figure 6.3 – Sample Metadata Framework

Figure 6.3 – Sample Metadata Framework

Metadata standards

Metadata standards are the guidelines or expectations for how the company should create, manage, and use metadata. These standards help companies define what must be done for data assets, systems, processes, and use such that there is consistency enterprise-wide and that the metadata can be relied...