Data Governance

Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program

This book is for any manager or team leader that has the green light to implement a data governance program. The problem of managing data continues to grow with issues surrounding cost of storage, exponential growth, as well as administrative, management and security concerns – the solution to being able to scale all of these issues up is data governance which provides better services to users and saves money. What you will find in this book is an overview of why data governance is needed, how to design, initiate, and execute a program and how to keep the program sustainable. With the provided framework and case studies you will be enabled and educated in launching your very own successful and money saving data governance program.

• Provides a complete overview of the data governance lifecycle, that can help you discern technology and staff needs
• Specifically aimed at managers who need to implement a data governance program at their company
• Includes case studies to detail ‘do’s’ and ‘don’ts’ in real-world situations

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Introduction
Chapter 2. Definitions and concepts
Chapter 3. Overview of a data governance program
Chapter 4. The data governance business case
Chapter 5. Process overview for deploying data governance
Chapter 6. Scope and initiation
Chapter 7. Assess
Chapter 8. Vision
Chapter 9. Align and business value
Chapter 10. Functional design
Chapter 11. Governing framework design
Chapter 12. Road map
Chapter 13. Rollout and sustain
Chapter 14. Data governance artifacts and tools
Chapter 15. Final remarks