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 What is Data Governance?

• Data Governance is the execution and enforcement

of authority over the definition, production and
usage of data and data-related assets.
• The approach that you follow for Data Governance
should not influence your definition of Data
Governance.
• At the end of the day, you must “execute and enforce
authority”.

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 Data Governance
Must Address
These Components

Data Governance
Must Address
These Levels

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 Data Governance
Approaches

Data Governance
Core Components

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 Data Governance Policy Contents
What should be included in a data governance policy

Introduction
- Purpose – Why there is policy
- Scope – What is covered by the policy
- Violations – Consequences of not following policy

Policy statement – What is being policed

Principles – How policy is defined

Dimensions – How policy is measured

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 Data Governance Policy Contents
Other items that belong in data governance policies
• Definition and standards for the data

• Required data quality and timeliness

• Classifications for sensitivity, privacy, security, masking

• Permitted transmission methods

• Ethical decisions on data usage

• Discoverability

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 Building a Data Governance Policy

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 Active Data Governance
Represented by
• 5 Principles - Wheels
• 8 Characteristics - Cabin Windows
• 3 Dimensions of Governance - Engines
• 7 Step Process - Engine Blades

Seats for all members of your

data governance community

Alation Data Catalog & Data

Governance in the Cockpit

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 The Five Principles of Active Data Governance

Starts with People Collaborative

Formalize What Already Exists Guides People to Govern Data Iterative

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 Eight Characteristics of Active Data Governance
Pragmatic not Theoretical Employee Value

Business Centric Guided Participation

Continuous Improvement Focus on Data Usage

Incremental Implementation

Community Driven

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 Three Dimensions of Data Governance

Maintains
• Business acumen
• Quality of assets
• Underlying data.

Maintains
Maintains
• Content and quality
• Policies & classifications
• of extended data attributes
• Audit standards required
for regulatory reporting

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 Active Data Governance
Establish Governance Framework
• Set mission & vision
• Create policies, standards & glossaries

Monitor & Measure Populate Data Catalog

• Determine policy conformance • Ingest metadata (technical, business,
• Create curation analysis lineage)
• Measure usage & asset creation • Analyze metadata (top users, popular
• Establish data quality data)

Drive Community Collaboration Empower Data Stewards

• Promote trusted data use • Recognize and assign stewards
• Leverage community knowledge • Automate stewardship processes
• Determine whether data is fit for • Identify reviewers & workflow approvers
purpose / intended use

Curate Assets
Apply Policies & Controls
• Describe data, apply quality flags
• Implement policies & controls • Surface descriptions, quality, etc. to
• Enforce policies & controls users at point of data use
Supported by Alation Active Data Governance
Service Offering

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 Sample Purpose Statement

• Protect Sensitive Information

• Provide GREAT Data
- Governed
- Repetitive
- Engaged
- Accessible
- Trusted

• Use Strategic Data with Confidence

• Align with Campaign Communications

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 Hierarchy of Stewardship
Executive Steering Committee

Data Governance Council

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Operational Data Management & Operations

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 Use a RASCI Matrix

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 Six Dimensions of Data Quality

Completeness

Consistency Uniqueness

Measured on their own or in

tandem with other
characteristics.

Accuracy Timeliness

Validity

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 Supporting Other Programs with Data
Governance
Data Governance Mutually Supported by Other Data Management Programs
including:
• Business Intelligence, Data Warehousing & Analytics
• Data Quality
• Master Data Management
• Digital Transformation
• Common Business Language & Semantic Consistency
• System Consolidation & Migration

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