Five Steps to Launch YourData Governance Office

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Five Steps to Launch Your Data Governance Office

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My Personal Use Cases

• Startup – from 11 to 800-plus employees• Fortune 500 – audits, audits, audits– What’s the Policy?– What Controls are in Place?– Who’s Monitoring Each?– What’s the Current Status?

Where To Begin?

• People-centric• Business-centric• Complex and challenging• Critical for business success

Data Governance Office

• Center for all activities– Formulate steering body– Define policies and objectives– Organize working teams

• What’s Needed to Get Started– Guidance– Collaboration– Mentoring

Five Steps to Launch Your Data Governance Office

Ongoing Race to Value

Stakeholder Care Methodology

• Gwen Thomas, Data Governance Institute• Hundreds of companies world-wide• Based on the DGI Framework• Concept to Keystroke• Methodology Leads to Action

Data Governance Office in Five Steps

1. Establish Goals2. Engage Stakeholders3. Align Governance4. Exercise Governance5. Communicate Achievements

1. Establish Goals

• Business goals• Value statements• Mission statement

2. Engage Stakeholders

• Identify participants• Share group rosters• Share meeting information• Share organization charts

3. Align Activities

• Capture governance triggers• Capture decision rights• Capture accountabilities• Capture access rights

4. Exercise Governance

• Categorize activities• Capture processes• Capture rules• Manage work queue

5. Communicate Success• Efforts supported• Program milestones• Communication plans• Published communications

Data Governance Office in Five Steps

1. Establish Goals2. Engage Stakeholders3. Align Governance4. Exercise Governance5. Communicate Achievements

Straight-forward, concise, effective

Five Steps to Launch Your Data Governance Office

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