Data Governance:
On the Right Track
Data governance, the holy grail of digital transformation and enabler of the data-driven organization, can often be misunderstood.
DataGalaxy’s innovative methodology and Data Knowledge Catalog platform equip your organization with the right toolset to enable successful digital transformation and reach state-of-the-art data governance capabilities that work best for your organization.
Where to begin?
DataGalaxy recommends starting your data governance journey by taking a data maturity assessment.
Discover our free maturity assessment model below or get an in-depth review by one of our experts during a pre-audit workshop or trial call.
Assess your maturity level
Based on the size and complexity of your organization, a deep dive session could be carried out to define your maturity level and identify the gaps and immediate priorities.
Start with the right use case
Start small, think big, and move fast – It’s a proven approach!
Your organization’s first data governance use case will help your teams develop their data culture and ramp up their data knowledge.
Intelligence collective – No central data knowledge available
Indicators to follow
None – just worry about getting to level 2 as soon as possible.
Action plan
What if you checked another box but played it straight this time?
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Intelligence collective – The data is defined and localized
Indicators to follow
The only indicator available is the number of objects found.
This indicator will probably follow a stepwise curve for technical data, with each scan of a new source bringing a considerable number of objects. For business data, the curve will look more like a logarithmic curve with a slow but constant progression.
Action plan
Since you have identified and defined a lot of data, it becomes important to classify it by domain. This will allow you to assign owners. You can also see who could take care of certain properties in a cross-functional way (e.g. on personal data). Implementing such a matrix organization will speed up the overall deployment (be careful to coordinate actions).
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Intelligence collective – The data is defined and classified
Indicators to follow
Attribute completion: This indicator reflects the completeness of the information. The more attributes you have filled in, the richer your data repository is.
Number of objects per attribute: for monovalent attributes, this indicator will allow you to understand the distribution of objects by value. You can, for example, distribute the maintenance load fairly among the different stewards.
You can also be interested in the number of Domains (Domains allow you to organize your objects in a transverse way and allow you to know the level of organization of your assets).
progression.
Action plan
Conduct a mini audit of your data knowledge management tool.
If it is a wiki, for example, there is no doubt that it represents a real obstacle in your path towards governance. Choose a tool that is efficient for the retrieval of technical data, that allows for the enrichment of information and, above all, that is specific to data knowledge management (scalable Data Catalog or governance platform): this tool should allow you to reach your maturity objective without having to change it in the coming months.
Let’s talk about your project!
Intelligence collective – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Percentage of rules followed (measured)” – i.e. for which you have a figure at a minimum monthly frequency – allows you to validate the application of these rules and the good management of your data. This indicator will of course be completed with an alert system and action plan for unmet objectives.
The distribution of objects by role takes on another dimension, since it allows you to apprehend the capacity of people to apply their role within the data community.
Action plan
Lean on your main asset: having federated and acculturated teams. Prepare a few presentations on lifecycle management: how to plan and implement new data, how to obsolesce data that no longer makes sense, etc. In a few months, you should have reached the final maturity level.
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Intelligence collective – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Delays in Status (not validated)” gives you information about the speed of your lifecycle and the “Inactivity on objects” lets you know which data is dormant. For validated data, these indicators also reflect the stability of your definitions.
It will also be important to identify the life cycle of your items and make it a rule for managing your Data Catalog. It is interesting to formalize the revision of your business terms once a year as an example.
Finally, a qualitative indicator would be the adequacy of the metamodel with your sector(s) of activity: what are the indispensable attributes that you are missing or the superfluous ones that you maintain? Have you implemented the rules specific to your business? Have you integrated your Data Catalog with your Quality Control tool?
Action plan
Stay informed about the latest developments in metadata management and why not share your experience and knowledge with your peers? Get involved in expert communities like DataChampions!
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Operational teams – No knowledge base
Indicators to follow
None – just worry about getting to level 2 as soon as possible.
Action plan
You need to capitalize on your main strength: collaboration. Identify a project team whose mission will be to define your first use case and list all the data related to it.
This project will be the first brick in the foundation,, so it must be a success. Remember to involve the business users in order to launch a global dynamic. And choose a tool that allows you to centralize the information (avoid Excel for example).
Let’s talk about your project!
Operational teams – The data is defined and localized
Indicators to follow
The only indicator available is the number of objects found.
This indicator will probably follow a stepwise curve for technical data, with each scan of a new source bringing a considerable number of objects. For business data, the curve will look more like a logarithmic curve with a slow but constant progression.
Action plan
Since you have identified and defined a lot of data, it becomes important to classify it by domain. This will allow you to assign owners. You can also see who could take care of certain properties in a cross-functional way (e.g. on personal data). Implementing such a matrix organization will speed up the overall deployment (be careful to coordinate actions).
Let’s talk about your project!
Operational teams – The data is defined and classified
Indicators to follow
Attribute completion: This indicator reflects the completeness of the information. The more attributes you have filled in, the richer your data repository is.
Number of objects per attribute: for monovalent attributes, this indicator will allow you to understand the distribution of objects by value. You can, for example, distribute the maintenance load fairly among the different stewards.
You can also be interested in the number of Domains (Domains allow you to organize your objects in a transverse way and allow you to know the level of organization of your assets).
progression.
Action plan
Conduct a mini audit of your data knowledge management tool.
If it is a wiki, for example, there is no doubt that it represents a real obstacle in your path towards governance. Choose a tool that is efficient for the retrieval of technical data, that allows for the enrichment of information and, above all, that is specific to data knowledge management (scalable Data Catalog or governance platform): this tool should allow you to reach your maturity objective without having to change it in the coming months.
Let’s talk about your project!
Operational teams – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Percentage of rules followed (measured)” – i.e. for which you have a figure at a minimum monthly frequency – allows you to validate the application of these rules and the good management of your data. This indicator will of course be completed with an alert system and action plan for unmet objectives.
The distribution of objects by role takes on another dimension, since it allows you to apprehend the capacity of people to apply their role within the data community.
Action plan
To reach the last step, apply the same good practices as before: work by iterations, breakdown by business domain and implementation of a datamesh for data maturity and above all continue to involve all teams, especially business teams: popularization and communication are essential to explain the complex concepts of data life cycle.
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Operational teams – The data lifecycle is known
Indicators to follow
The “Delays in Status (not validated)” gives you information about the speed of your lifecycle and the “Inactivity on objects” lets you know which data is dormant. For validated data, these indicators also reflect the stability of your definitions.
It will also be important to identify the life cycle of your items and make it a rule for managing your Data Catalog. It is interesting to formalize the revision of your business terms once a year as an example.
Finally, a qualitative indicator would be the adequacy of the metamodel with your sector(s) of activity: what are the indispensable attributes that you are missing or the superfluous ones that you maintain? Have you implemented the rules specific to your business? Have you integrated your Data Catalog with your Quality Control tool?
Action plan
If you come from Governance 1.0, continue your acculturation work, which seems to be bearing fruit.
On the other hand, if you come from Case Management, there may be a risk that your acculturation strategy will run out of steam. Have you thought about implementing conferences or training on the added value of collaboration around data? In a large organization, also think about the notion of decentralization to scale. More and more experts are available to talk about DataMesh (you can for example see the DataChampions site to find a community of specialists)
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Shock operation – No knowledge base
Indicators to follow
None – just worry about getting to level 2 as soon as possible.
Action plan
You need to capitalize on your main strength: collaboration. Identify a project team whose mission will be to define your first use case and list all the data related to it.
This project will be the first brick in the foundation,, so it must be a success. Remember to involve the business users in order to launch a global dynamic. And choose a tool that allows you to centralize the information (avoid Excel for example).
Let’s talk about your project!
Shock operation – The data is defined and localized
Indicators to follow
The only indicator available is the number of objects found.
This indicator will probably follow a stepwise curve for technical data, with each scan of a new source bringing a considerable number of objects. For business data, the curve will look more like a logarithmic curve with a slow but constant progression.
Let’s talk about your project!
Shock operation – The data is defined and classified
Indicators to follow
Attribute completion: This indicator reflects the completeness of the information. The more attributes you have filled in, the richer your data repository is.
Number of objects per attribute: for monovalent attributes, this indicator will allow you to understand the distribution of objects by value. You can, for example, distribute the maintenance load fairly among the different stewards.
progression.
Action plan
It is time for your team to take an interest in rules management. These allow you to define policies for managing data and metadata. This also concerns the notion of interface contracts at the level of the data flows in place in your system.
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Shock operation – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Percentage of rules followed (measured)” – i.e. for which you have a figure at a minimum monthly frequency – allows you to validate the application of these rules and the good management of your data. This indicator will of course be completed with an alert system and action plan for unmet objectives.
The distribution of objects by role takes on another dimension, since it allows you to apprehend the capacity of people to apply their role within the data community.
Action plan
Agree to postpone unimportant operational actions so that your experts can transcribe their knowledge into a centralized repository that is accessible to as many people as possible. This simple action, in addition to making exchanges more fluid, will also allow your experts to be available to update their knowledge and you will thus gain in productivity on all levels.
Let’s talk about your project!
Shock operation – The data lifecycle is known
Indicators to follow
The “Delays in Status (not validated)” gives you information about the speed of your lifecycle and the “Inactivity on objects” lets you know which data is dormant. For validated data, these indicators also reflect the stability of your definitions.
It will also be important to identify the life cycle of your items and make it a rule for managing your Data Catalog. It is interesting to formalize the revision of your business terms once a year as an example.
Finally, a qualitative indicator would be the adequacy of the metamodel with your sector(s) of activity: what are the indispensable attributes that you are missing or the superfluous ones that you maintain? Have you implemented the rules specific to your business? Have you integrated your Data Catalog with your Quality Control tool?
Action plan
It’s all about building your data culture. Since you have a rich and coherent repository, start by ensuring that it is accessible and can be segmented to facilitate its understanding. Do you have the right tool for this?
Make presentations that show the value of this knowledge when used by business users (improved quality of decisions, reduced misunderstandings and productivity in information retrieval.
Let’s talk about your project!
Little collaboration – No knowledge base
Indicators to follow
None – just worry about getting to level 2 as soon as possible.
Let’s talk about your project!
Little collaboration – The data is defined and localized
Indicators to follow
The only indicator available is the number of objects found.
This indicator will probably follow a stepwise curve for technical data, with each scan of a new source bringing a considerable number of objects. For business data, the curve will look more like a logarithmic curve with a slow but constant progression.
Action plan
Your goal in a word: scalability! Having identified and located your data, it is now essential to obtain the participation of everyone to obtain good definitions of your data. As is often the case, an iterative approach is preferable to capitalize on the enthusiasm of the teams following the value proposed by the repository you are building and therefore avoid getting bogged down in a multitude of perimeters.
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Little collaboration – The data is defined and classified
Indicators to follow
Attribute completion: This indicator reflects the completeness of the information. The more attributes you have filled in, the richer your data repository is.
Number of objects per attribute: for monovalent attributes, this indicator will allow you to understand the distribution of objects by value. You can, for example, distribute the maintenance load fairly among the different stewards.
You can also be interested in the number of Domains (Domains allow you to organize your objects in a transverse way and allow you to know the level of organization of your assets).
progression.
Action plan
Agree to postpone unimportant operational actions so that your experts can transcribe their knowledge into a centralized repository that is accessible to as many people as possible. This simple action, in addition to making exchanges more fluid, will also allow your experts to be available to update their knowledge and you will thus gain in productivity on all levels.
Let’s talk about your project!
Little collaboration – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Delays in Status (not validated)” gives you information about the speed of your lifecycle and the “Inactivity on objects” lets you know which data is dormant. For validated data, these indicators also reflect the stability of your definitions.
It will also be important to identify the life cycle of your items and make it a rule for managing your Data Catalog. It is interesting to formalize the revision of your business terms once a year as an example.
Finally, a qualitative indicator would be the adequacy of the metamodel with your sector(s) of activity: what are the indispensable attributes that you are missing or the superfluous ones that you maintain? Have you implemented the rules specific to your business? Have you integrated your Data Catalog with your Quality Control tool?
Action plan
It’s all about building your data culture. Since you have a rich and coherent repository, start by ensuring that it is accessible and can be segmented to facilitate its understanding. Do you have the right tool for this?
Make presentations that show the value of this knowledge when used by business users (improved quality of decisions, reduced misunderstandings and productivity in information retrieval.
Let’s talk about your project!
Little collaboration – The data lifecycle is known
Indicators to follow
The “Percentage of rules followed (measured)” – i.e. for which you have a figure at a minimum monthly frequency – allows you to validate the application of these rules and the good management of your data. This indicator will of course be completed with an alert system and action plan for unmet objectives.
The distribution of objects by role takes on another dimension, since it allows you to apprehend the capacity of people to apply their role within the data community.
Action plan
Agree to postpone unimportant operational actions so that your experts can transcribe their knowledge into a centralized repository that is accessible to as many people as possible. This simple action, in addition to making exchanges more fluid, will also allow your experts to be available to update their knowledge and you will thus gain in productivity on all levels.
Let’s talk about your project!
Everyone works seperately – No knowledge base
Indicators to follow
None – just worry about getting to level 2 as soon as possible.
Action plan
Identify someone with data domain knowledge and the desire to share, then give them time to list the data and use cases (name and technical location) and model it (the links between it). It doesn’t sound like much, but it will allow you to have a first iteration to show others how simple the process is, and you will progress quickly on the 2 axes of maturity.
Start sharing your strategy and early results to build traction and move into the inventory phase.
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Everyone works seperately – The data is defined and localized
Indicators to follow
The only indicator available is the number of objects found.
This indicator will probably follow a stepwise curve for technical data, with each scan of a new source bringing a considerable number of objects. For business data, the curve will look more like a logarithmic curve with a slow but constant progression.
Action plan
If there is one problem that can be easily solved, it knowledge sharing. All of your documentation could probably be made available to everyone with a few clicks. Ease of exploration (or search) and clarity of information are potentially more complicated to achieve. We recommend the implementation of a dedicated tool such as a Data Catalog to allow everyone to better exchange knowledge about the data.
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Everyone works seperately – The data is defined and classified
Indicators to follow
Attribute completion: This indicator reflects the completeness of the information. The more attributes you have filled in, the richer your data repository is.
Number of objects per attribute: for monovalent attributes, this indicator will allow you to understand the distribution of objects by value. You can, for example, distribute the maintenance load fairly among the different stewards.
You can also be interested in the number of Domains (Domains allow you to organize your objects in a transverse way and allow you to know the level of organization of your assets).
progression.
Action plan
If there is one problem that can be easily solved, it knowledge sharing. All of your documentation could probably be made available to everyone with a few clicks. Ease of exploration (or search) and clarity of information are potentially more complicated to achieve. We recommend the implementation of a dedicated tool such as a Data Catalog to allow everyone to better exchange knowledge about the data.
Let’s talk about your project!
Everyone works seperately – Rules are defined and their application is measured
Indicators to follow
The “Percentage of rules followed (measured)” – i.e. for which you have a figure at a minimum monthly frequency – allows you to validate the application of these rules and the good management of your data. This indicator will of course be completed with an alert system and action plan for unmet objectives.
The distribution of objects by role takes on another dimension, since it allows you to apprehend the capacity of people to apply their role within the data community.
Action plan
If there is one problem that can be easily solved, it knowledge sharing. All of your documentation could probably be made available to everyone with a few clicks. Ease of exploration (or search) and clarity of information are potentially more complicated to achieve. We recommend the implementation of a dedicated tool such as a Data Catalog to allow everyone to better exchange knowledge about the data.
Let’s talk about your project!
Everyone works seperately – The data lifecycle is known
Indicators to follow
The “Delays in Status (not validated)” gives you information about the speed of your lifecycle and the “Inactivity on objects” lets you know which data is dormant. For validated data, these indicators also reflect the stability of your definitions.
It will also be important to identify the life cycle of your items and make it a rule for managing your Data Catalog. It is interesting to formalize the revision of your business terms once a year as an example.
Finally, a qualitative indicator would be the adequacy of the metamodel with your sector(s) of activity: what are the indispensable attributes that you are missing or the superfluous ones that you maintain? Have you implemented the rules specific to your business? Have you integrated your Data Catalog with your Quality Control tool?
Action plan
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Data Culture
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Daily collaboration
At this level of maturity, your teams have learned to work together on a daily basis. The people in charge of the objects are clearly identified by their colleagues who ask for their help via email interactions.
Nevertheless, these teams are often led by a manager who sets the pace and organizes tasks and responsibilities. The users of the information come to read information in the knowledge repository but do not participate much in its evolution (weak feedback loop).
Intermittent motion
At this level, the data experts will update the knowledge repository discontinuously, to meet audit needs, to increase the scope of a project or to meet a specific documentation need.
This mode of operation is not optimal, because on the one hand, the fact of collaborating in an irregular manner causes automatisms to be lost and therefore limits productivity, and on the other hand, because the risk of not having updated knowledge is important.
Reduced collaboration
Employees partially identify the people who work on the same data perimeter as them. In some cases, a referent is clearly identified, but you then suffer from the “know-it-all” syndrome: this person is so solicited that he or she does not have the time to capitalize or share information in a global way; when he or she is absent, it is panic on board!
The interest for data is emerging but the associated stakes are not mastered.
Siloed approach no collaboration
There is no interaction between collaborators, each one is trying to understand the meaning of a piece of data and does not measure the impact of a wrong input or a wrong interpretation of the data.
You are typically in an information silo.
Maturité Patrimoniale
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No central knowledge available
In this level, there are no sources of information except those included in the technical tools.
The ability to access business knowledge depends solely on the availability of a providential collaborator, the ability to access technical knowledge depends on your level of knowledge of the tool, if you have access to it.
Data is defined and localized
The list is neither detailed nor exhaustive and is often in spreadsheet form.
You know how to reconstruct physical models for your different data sources. On the business side, you have listed the terms and business objects. You also have a repository of processes and associated uses. Or at least, some of these elements are known but there is still a lot of work to be done to explain or detail the content of the flows.
Data is defined and classified
The objects in the data catalog are enriched with attributes specific to your needs: confidentiality, business domains, personal data type, owner, etc.>
These attributes allow you to organize the information by sorting or filtering on certain values to manage your priorities (data criticality).
You have also been able to classify this data using, for example, domains or concepts that allow you to group business elements reflecting your organization or operational processes.
You have also started to weave the various elements of your DataCatalog together by linking technical sources to business terms and uses.
Rules are established and monitored
You have defined quality, regulatory or governance rules.
You have also created a mesh between all your data (principle of interdependence) and these rules. There is hardly any isolated data anymore.
Data lifecycle is known
At this stage, you are now able to make your knowledge repository live. The associated roles are clearly identified according to the status of the data in the lifecycle (proposed, under validation, validated, obsolete).
You can also correlate the deployment of your repository to the life cycle of your IT projects (notion of repository versions linked to IT versions)
You have an exhaustive view of your data assets from both a technical and business perspective.
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Agility ninja
Constatation
With such expertise in collaboration and acculturation, how could you miss the data documentation aspect? Come on, admit it, you’re not really at that point in the matrix!
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You have to refocus on a business vision
Constatation
Collaboration works quite well in your organization. However, from a data documentation perspective, not everything is clear. Don’t worry, your position is quite encouraging and will allow you to move forward quickly.
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Choose the right tool to go further
Constatation
With your ability to collaborate and share knowledge, it’s surprising that you’re not further along in your data asset maturity. Have you taken into account the specifics of managing and sharing data knowledge? Maybe you don’t have the right tool or its deployment is incomplete?
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The grail is near
Constatation
With the support of your entire company, you are clearly well on your way to achieving governance 2.0. What remains to be done is to implement the data life cycles to enable a virtuous – and more fluid – circle of continuous updating.
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GOVERNANCE 2.0
Constatation
You are in great shape! You are likely well informed about domain driven architecture and with fully data driven business teams, you have all the assets to accomplish your data strategy. But be careful not to fall asleep: as you know, data maturity is more a state of mind than an end point.
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You are living in the realm of extensions
Constatation
Perhaps you have real communication skills but your heritage knowledge is still completely siloed. You probably spend a lot of time exchanging dictionaries in Excel files, definition sheets in Word, or sharing links on some wiki scattered around.
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You have to refocus on a business vision
Constatation
Collaboration works quite well in your organization. However, from a data documentation perspective, not everything is clear. Don’t worry, your position is quite encouraging and will allow you to move forward quickly.
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Choose the right tool to go further
Constatation
With your ability to collaborate and share knowledge, it’s surprising that you’re not further along in your data asset maturity. Have you taken into account the specifics of managing and sharing data knowledge? Maybe you don’t have the right tool or its deployment is incomplete?
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MANAGEMENT
Constatation
Congratulations, you’re well on your way to data governance, but now you’ll need to consider the lifecycle of your metadata: how to make it evolve in response to business or regulatory changes as well as technical evolutions. And of course, continue to train and acculturate all employees to the proper use of data.
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Almost
Constatation
You are clearly positioned among the champions of Data Governance. However, you still need to put some oil in the wheels to make things really fluid. One more effort, collaborative governance is within reach!
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You are living in the realm of extensions
Constatation
Perhaps you have real communication skills but your heritage knowledge is still completely siloed. You probably spend a lot of time exchanging dictionaries in Excel files, definition sheets in Word, or sharing links on some wiki scattered around.
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You have to refocus on a business vision
Constatation
Collaboration works quite well in your organization. However, from a data documentation perspective, not everything is clear. Don’t worry, your position is quite encouraging and will allow you to move forward quickly.
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MAPPING
Constatation
Your data repository is accessible to IT and business users, congratulations! Reaching this stage often requires a lot of work. Nevertheless, you are now likely to start having quality issues in your data and questions about how to move to the next step.
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Know-it-all syndrome
Constatation
Individually, some members of your data team are undeniably experts at explaining your data assets. But as soon as they have to leave, problem resolution times skyrocket, and even when they are present, you better hope they are available to respond quickly. It is urgent to change things so that these experts are no longer a bottleneck.
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Governance 1.0
Constatation
You have succeeded in mapping most of your company’s data and have a real knowledge repository, complete and regularly updated. But what value do you get from it from a business point of view? Probably very little and the team in charge of this repository is probably perceived as being in its ivory tower.
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You are living in the realm of extensions
Constatation
Perhaps you have real communication skills but your heritage knowledge is still completely siloed. You probably spend a lot of time exchanging dictionaries in Excel files, definition sheets in Word, or sharing links on some wiki scattered around.
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INVENTORY
Constatation
You have a list of your data but still need to enrich it while trying to get value from what you are creating. This is most likely the time to look at how to open up your data more widely to the business.
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Know-it-all syndrome
Constatation
Individually, some members of your data team are undeniably experts at explaining your data assets. But as soon as they have to leave, problem resolution times skyrocket, and even when they are present, you better hope they are available to respond quickly. It is urgent to change things so that these experts are no longer a bottleneck.
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Know-it-all syndrome
Constatation
Individually, some members of your data team are undeniably experts at explaining your data assets. But as soon as they have to leave, problem resolution times skyrocket, and even when they are present, you better hope they are available to respond quickly. It is urgent to change things so that these experts are no longer a bottleneck.
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Governance 1.0
Constatation
You have succeeded in mapping most of your company’s data and have a real knowledge repository, complete and regularly updated. But what value do you get from it from a business point of view? Probably very little and the team in charge of this repository is probably perceived as being in its ivory tower.
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ANARCHY
Constatation
It understandably disappointing to be at the very beginning of the data maturity path. The good news is that you are aware of your starting point! With no documentation for your data, and no real organization in this project, you have the advantage of starting with a blank canvas.
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Communication is key
Constatation
There is no doubt about your ability to document your data or your level of knowledge about it. However, what is the value of this documentation if it is not accessible and understandable to others? You must put collaboration and sharing back at the center of your concerns.
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Communication is key
Constatation
There is no doubt about your ability to document your data or your level of knowledge about it. However, what is the value of this documentation if it is not accessible and understandable to others? You must put collaboration and sharing back at the center of your concerns.
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Communication is key
Constatation
There is no doubt about your ability to document your data or your level of knowledge about it. However, what is the value of this documentation if it is not accessible and understandable to others? You must put collaboration and sharing back at the center of your concerns.
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Constatation
Especially if you are in a large company, this position is surprising to say the least! How can you control your data assets so well without a minimum of sharing and collaboration? In short, you’re playing a joke on us! No luck, we already know it.
Our vision
Data governance cannot be decreed, deployed, or bought off the shelf. There is no one-size-fits-all-solution. Every organization must adopt and develop a personalized data governance strategy to succeed in its digital transformation.
The definition of data governance can differ among organizations depending on the data maturity of employees and the amount of data in circulation in the company. Additionally, the steps to achieve organizational data governance can range in every step of the journey, including defining your goal, implementing a strategy to achieve it, and defining the means to measure progress. However, there are some universal steps and best practices to follow concerning what data governance means in your organization.
Not only does data governance improve overall data quality, it also has a significant impact on your company’s overall competitiveness and decision-making cabilities. Data governance allows users to better manage current challenges and gives access to new business opportunities that would not possible with data of low quality.
Successful data governance programs are attainable through a well-executed, acionable plan: Organizations can overcome the challenges that change inevitably presents by starting small and gradually expanding the program.
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