Data Governance Institut Framework

The DGI Data Governance Framework
Gwen Thomas, The Data Governance Institute

Abstract
Data Governance can mean different things to different people. Adding to this ambiguity, governance and stewardship can be perceived as complicated endeavors. Frameworks help us organize how we think and communicate about complicated or ambiguous concepts. If your organization employs a framework, yourpeople can more easily achieve clarity of thought and purpose. A framework can also help you succeed in realizing value from your program and efforts and data. The DGI Data Governance Framework was designed to help you: Achieve clarity Ensure value from your efforts Create a clear mission Maintain scope and focus Establish accountabilities Define measurable successes
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10 Components of a Data Governance Program
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This paper describes core concepts, the components of the DGI Data Governance Framework, and typical steps in implementing a program.

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decisions are made by ITGovernance groups focusing on IT Portfolio Management issues, such as deciding when it’s time to put in a new application, with all its new pipes and pumps and storage tanks. Some concerns will never find their way to such a group, however. Issues specific to what’s “flowing through the pipes” require a cross-functional group that brings the expertise needed to make data-related decisions. This is not tosay that your existing IT Governance Board can’t address issues that escalate up to them. But along the way, as issues are analyzed and recommendations are formed, Data Governance will require input from Subject Matter Experts and management representatives that understand data. Effective Data Governance will require ongoing contributions from Data Stewards. It will probably warrant its ownorganizational bodies, its own focused attention, and its own conceptual framework.

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Why Use a Data Governance Framework?
Everything a company does should tie to one of three universal executive drivers Increase revenue and value Manage cost and complexity Ensure survival through attention to risk and vulnerabilities: compliance, security, privacy, etc. This is certainly true of DataGovernance; all efforts should tie back to one or more of these universal value mandates. Maintaining a focus on value can be difficult, though, if participants are uncertain about goals and strategies. Frameworks help us organize how we think and communicate about complicated or ambiguous concepts. If your organization settles on a framework, your people can more easily achieve clarity of thought andpurpose. The DGI Data Governance Framework was designed to help Achieve clarity Ensure value from your efforts Create a clear mission Maintain scope and focus Establish accountabilities Define measurable successes

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