One for All and All for One, Successful Data Governance is a Balancing Act

November 20, 2013 Anthony J. Algmin

"One for All and All for One" Successful Data Governance

is a Balancing Act

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If you remember nothing else...

• It is all about the business

• It is more about communications than technology

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Our Agenda

• Introduction

• Part 1: Why is data governance so hard?

• Part 2: What should we do differently?

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Part 1: Why is Data Governance So Hard?

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What are the biggest challenges with data governance?

Data People Politics

Resources Technology

Time Interest

Return on Investment (ROI) Business Buy-In

Relevance Consensus

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The DAMA Data Management Disciplines

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Part 2: What Should We Do Differently?

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The One Question to Ask Over and Over Again

• Why are we doing this?

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2 Kinds of Conversations

• What is it today?

• What should it be in the future?

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Data Enablement Mindset

• Enablement over Administration

• Decision-Making

• Balance

• Iteration

• Business Value

• Communications

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The Data Management Levers

• Data - What?

• Technology - Where?

• Business Value - Why?

• Priorities - When?

• Engagement - Who?

• Resources - How (Much/Many)?�12

Getting Started

• Capture issues

• Executive buy-in

• Data Governance Council

• Issue Champions

• Regular Meetings

• Scaling Up�13

Remember the Data Governance Takeaways

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• It's all about the business

• It's more about communications than technology

Victory!

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Data Governance 2013 Abstract One for All and All for One -- Successful Data Governance is a Balancing Act

BI programs in general, and Data Governance programs in particular, have a poor track record of success. The ways to fail are countless, but to succeed you must not only have strong strategy, planning and execution – but you must deliver value quickly enough to generate interest (and resources) to reach critical mass. The challenge is far less technically-complicated than it is about complex organizational change – and people-based systems are a notoriously difficult upgrade!

To succeed in your company’s Data Governance efforts, the most important component is balance – in tools, responsibilities, techniques, and even paperwork! Even the best-intended and logically-designed governance program can lose its balance quickly if not carefully guided. This session will be most helpful to those just getting started on the journey.

This session will highlight:

• Why Data Governance is really all about letting people know when it is their turn to make decisions

• Data Governance’s relationship to other data management disciplines (metadata, master data, data quality, etc.)

• Traps that organizations tend to fall into while getting started

• Changing the Data Governance mindset from administration (i.e. “friction”) to enablement (i.e. “impact”)

• Determining which complementary data management tools to focus on first

• Why being “done” with Data Governance is like being “done” with HR �16