Project Managers have a very structured way of conducting activities. This skill is very helpful when managing data governance projects and your intention is to add more value to the expected deliverables, keeping everything else on track. When I was a hired by xMatters I
I’ve previously wrote about more obscure, though intriguing, data roles I’ve encountered, but I’ve been asked several times to go over the main data roles found in a data governance program. I’ll skip the sometimes dreaded introduction and get straight to it. The 5 main
Are you planning to start a data governance program or have started one and want to know how to evolve it? A data governance maturity model might provide you with solutions. I’ve had the pleasure to deliver a webinar for DAMA UK and provide the
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Any working group, steering committee, strategy setting council and so on, will be more successful if it understands its purpose, responsibilities, and overall expectations. Outlining all these expectations will ensure a higher committment and engagement rate from its members. This is also the case with
There are different takes on what veracity refers to. The overall consensus is that data veracity reflects the truthfulness of a data set and your level of confidence or trust in it. I’ll take this a step further and say that data veracity is your
So far I’ve provided an overview on 6 different maturity models which I will post links below in case you’d like to learn more about them. Maturity models can provide a road map to follow in order to advance from one maturity stage/ level to
I’m not a fan of meetings in general and data governance requires quite a few and they are always packed. To be as efficient as possible, you need an agenda, for the attendees to come prepared and for the chair to keep the meeting on
Throughout my career and experience within the data management and data governance industries, I always encounter interesting data roles and responsibilities. Is there a lot of overlap? Definitely! That’s why I think it is most important to focus on the meaning of the roles –
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