{"id":11739,"date":"2022-09-06T09:47:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:47:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/?p=11739"},"modified":"2022-09-06T09:48:26","modified_gmt":"2022-09-06T14:48:26","slug":"data-governance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/data-governance\/","title":{"rendered":"Data Governance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11744\" src=\"http:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/DG-Roles-3-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/data-governance-primer-6363\">Data Governance<\/a> is a set of practices that outline the roles and accountabilities related to data and <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/business-model-innovation-bmi-business-model-journey-6129\">support the organization\u2019s Business Model<\/a> by generating and consuming data.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about overseeing the accessibility, practicality, reliability and safety of enterprise data.<\/p>\n<p>Data Governance is guided by in-house data standards and guidelines to monitor data usage. \u00a0The process safeguards data uniformity, dependability, and fair use.\u00a0 The success of a Data Governance initiative should be measured by its expected business benefits or organizational growth\u2014not just data security and usability.<\/p>\n<p>With increasingly stringent data confidentiality laws, the need for implementation and <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/marketplace\/big-data-analytics--implementation-toolkit-6019\">adoption of Data Analytics<\/a> to improve decisions and enterprise operations is further amplified.<\/p>\n<p>With huge data lakes and Big Data comes greater responsibility to manage risks associated with data collection, processing, and storage. \u00a0Data Governance aids in evading any untoward issues arising during the data collection, storage, retrieval, and utilization process.\u00a0 In data-driven organizations, the importance of Data Governance is supreme to generate value.\u00a0 For instance, Data Governance assist in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Busting inconsistent data silos.<\/li>\n<li>Standardizing data definitions and developing a common data understanding.<\/li>\n<li>Improving quality of data.<\/li>\n<li>Providing executives reliable insights to make decisions.<\/li>\n<li>Ensuring compliance with data regulations.<\/li>\n<li>Reducing data handling costs.<\/li>\n<li>Creating <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/business-toolkit\/competitive-advantage\">competitive advantage<\/a> for organizations.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To gather across-the-board support from the stakeholders and reducing conflict against the Data Governance initiative, research suggests the following best practices:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Involving business people\u2014alongside data owners and governance committee\u2014to decide on standards and policies of the governance program.<\/li>\n<li>Consistently reporting the governance program\u2019s status through workshops, newsletters, emails, or reports.<\/li>\n<li>Setting up and updating security protocols for all organizational technology systems and units.<\/li>\n<li>Defining a customized Data Governance methodology to guide individual business processes.<\/li>\n<li>Keeping the emphasis on creating results and business value for the enterprise.<\/li>\n<li>Encouraging all stakeholders to agree on the roles and responsibilities.<\/li>\n<li>Regularly training all stakeholders on Data Governance, data usage rules, confidentiality, and data consistency.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The execution of Data Governance programs commence by preparing a Data Governance plan.\u00a0 The Plan entails:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A document delineating rules and procedures governing data generation, gathering, and utilization.<\/li>\n<li>These rules and procedures focus more on security policies.<\/li>\n<li>Most employees know that the plan exists somewhere, but majority do not bother to read it.<\/li>\n<li>The plan is often quite bureaucratic and vague, specifically due to the plurality of data, which makes it tough to present all potential scenarios in one place.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>Dimensions of Data Governance <\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Most large enterprises comprises multiple business units where each produces and uses data of varied degrees of sensitivity. \u00a0A uniform approach to Data Governance based on the data with highest degree of sensitivity would not work for all categories of data.<\/p>\n<p>The discrete business units need an agile and flexible Data Governance methodology; one that <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/the-innovation-process-3625\">inspires Digital Innovation<\/a>. \u00a0Such an approach to Data Governance is grounded on 5 dimensions that cover different spheres of executive Decision-making:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Principles<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Quality<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Metadata<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Life cycle<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/data-governance-primer-6363\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11740\" src=\"http:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Data-Governance-Primer.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1281\" height=\"722\" srcset=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Data-Governance-Primer.png 1281w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Data-Governance-Primer-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Data-Governance-Primer-1024x577.png 1024w, https:\/\/flevy.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Data-Governance-Primer-768x433.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1281px) 100vw, 1281px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s talk about the dimensions of Data Governance in detail.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Principles<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Principles\u00a0are at the foothold of the Data Governance approach.\u00a0 Executives need to first define the key principles which act as the foundation for the data to function as a valuable resource for the corporation.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Quality<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Quality dimension demarcates the prerequisites for usability of data and the methods to evaluate that those prerequisites are fulfilled.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Metadata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/metadata-management-5721\">Metadata<\/a> expresses the meanings to clarify and use data\u2014e.g. Metadata in a data catalog is employed by data scientists to use large data sets available in a data lake.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Accessibility<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Accessibility defines data access, security and risk mitigation needs, privileges, and procedures.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life Cycle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This dimension deals with the creation, retention, and disposal of data.<\/p>\n<p>Interested in learning more about the dimensions of the approach to Data Governance? You can download <a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/data-governance-primer-6363\">an editable PowerPoint on the <strong>Data Governance Primer <\/strong>here<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\/flevypro\/core-competence-model-6264\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/browse\">Flevy documents marketplace<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Do You Find Value in This Framework?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>You can download in-depth presentations on this and hundreds of similar business frameworks from the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\/library\">FlevyPro Library<\/a>.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/flevy.com\/pro\">FlevyPro<\/a>\u00a0is trusted and utilized by 1000s of management consultants and corporate executives. Here\u2019s what some have to say:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cMy FlevyPro subscription provides me with the most popular frameworks and decks in demand in today\u2019s market. They not only augment my existing consulting and coaching offerings and delivery, but also keep me abreast of the latest trends, inspire new products and service offerings for my practice, and educate me in a fraction of the time and money of other solutions. I strongly recommend FlevyPro to any consultant serious about success.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2013 Bill Branson, Founder at Strategic Business Architects<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cAs a niche strategic consulting firm, Flevy and FlevyPro frameworks and documents are an on-going reference to help us structure our findings and recommendations to our clients as well as improve their clarity, strength, and visual power. For us, it is an invaluable resource to increase our impact and value.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2013 David Coloma, Consulting Area Manager at Cynertia Consulting<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>\u201cFlevyPro has been a brilliant resource for me, as an independent growth consultant, to access a vast knowledge bank of presentations to support my work with clients. In terms of RoI, the value I received from the very first presentation I downloaded paid for my subscription many times over! The quality of the decks available allows me to punch way above my weight \u2014 it\u2019s like having the resources of a Big 4 consultancy at your fingertips at a microscopic fraction of the overhead.\u201d<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><em>\u2013 Roderick Cameron, Founding Partner at SGFE Ltd<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Data Governance is a set of practices that outline the roles and accountabilities related to data and support the organization\u2019s Business Model by generating and consuming data.\u00a0 It\u2019s all about overseeing the accessibility, practicality, reliability and safety of enterprise data. 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