Tips To Create A Practical Data Governance Strategy

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Tips To Create A Practical Data Governance
Strategy
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Assess The Preparedness Of Your Organization For
The Program
Before you start executing the plan on the
ground, it will be pertinent to assess the
preparedness of your organization for it. An
enterprise which has been using information
management tools for some time will be having an
informal monitoring mechanism as well. Starting
the initiative at such a company is not going to
be too difficult as the workforce will already be
familiar with the basic concepts. However, an
organization that does not have a strong data
culture will struggle if the entire plan is
started at once. Evaluating the levels of
readiness of the different departments will be
helpful in understanding the exact state of
preparedness of the enterprise. It will also help
identify the section from where you can begin the
implementation.
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Never Treat Governance As A Purely Technical
Initiative
A big reason why these strategies fail is that
businesses treat them as purely technical
initiatives. The IT section is entrusted with all
the responsibilities like quality assessment and
stewardship. This is an incorrect approach as
governance requires the correct balance of
business and technical sections to succeed. The
basic reason for planning a monitoring program is
to facilitate the availability of consistent data
to business users. In case, the program is
inefficient, ultimately it is the business users
who will face the consequences. It is essential
that people who understand the business value of
data be a part of the program at every
hierarchical level. This will ensure that the
program runs efficiently and provides valuable
results.
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Define Clear Business Goals At The Outset
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As mentioned before, the main objective of
creating a data governance strategy is to
maintain data quality. However, you need to
identify the specific problems being faced by the
organization in the information management
program. You must then set definite goals for
your monitoring scheme. For instance, the
customer service department complains that the
postal address data of various consumers is
missing zip code. Then your goal must be to
ensure that every address that is being gathered
must be entered in the database only with the
postal code. When you link your program with such
clear objectives, the organization also sees the
exact benefits of the plan. This leads to greater
acceptance of the scheme across the workforce.
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