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A three level model like this can work well at a lot of companies:
(1) Data Governance Steering Committee: a cross-functional, executive level group that makes policy decisions, provides funding, resolves escalated issues, and provides strategic direction.
(2) The Data Governance Office (DGO) is charged with coordinating data governance (strategic) and stewardship (tactical) activities. It manages communications from the Steering Committee to all stakeholders.
(3) One or more tactical groups (Data Stewardship Teams) in each functional area and geography (if needed), which provide guidance to individuals with data stewardship responsibilities.
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Please let us know what you think of our coverage of master data management (MDM) and data governance.
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Orchestra Networks briefed Hub Designs Magazine late last week on its new cloud-based MDM solution, which it's branding as smartdatagovernance.com.
Christophe Barriolade, CEO of Orchestra Networks and John Petrie, Vice President of Sales took us through the cloud-based subscription service, which was announced and launched in General Availability status on June 27, 2011. Continue reading
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Data governance advocates could likely tack and adjust successfully to the IT Reformation . With business units taking on the responsibility of acquiring their own technology solutions, users might be among the first to assume accountability for data quality. Continue reading
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Either of the dynamics mentioned in Part 1 by themselves would pose enough challenges to sound data governance. Together, they make the challenges worse by pulling the advocates of data governance - among business units, IT departments and vendors - in conflicting directions. Continue reading
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The practice of data governance is in a precarious position as a result of two paradoxical dynamics at work in business technology.
The first dynamic is "the IT Reformation" - the trend toward business units acquiring their own technology solutions rather than relying on or even involving IT.
The second dynamic is known as "The Splinternet" - the devolution of the Internet (and Internet applications) into proprietary fiefdoms of walled gardens and closed applications. Continue reading
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Was it better this year?
I'd have to answer a resounding "Yes" to that question. Hub Designs has sponsored the Gartner MDM Summit for three years now (since 2009, its second year), and we noticed a real uptick in the number of attendees (nearly 500) and the energy in the conference. Continue reading
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Want to improve the quality of business data while increasing enterprise system adoption? Turn MDM into a game.
In recent months, the "gamification" of business applications has become a hot topic.
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