What is data governance?

Data Governance Concepts

Courtney Smith

Strategic Initiatives Manager

First, some car shopping

  • Requirements:
    • High quality materials
    • Built according to standards
    • Protection and security features
    • Available to purchase
    • Usable and reliable
    • Dealer accountable for issues

A boy riding in a red car with a dog

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Data governance provides confidence

Buying a new car

  • Must meet requirements prior to buying and driving the car off the lot

   

Finding the right data

  • Must meet requirements before using data for reporting, analytics, and insights

Data governance

  • Principles and processes to ensure:
    • Trusted, high-quality data
    • Accessible and available data
    • Defined roles and responsibilities
Data Governance Concepts

Data governance pillars

A diagram showing the coordination of the five pillars of data governance with people, process, and technology to drive actionable insights, measurable outcomes, and decisions

Data Governance Concepts

Ownership and accountability

  • New car scenario
    • Owner = purchaser
    • Accountable party = dealer

 

Not always clearly defined for data!

  • Data governance helps:
    • Define clear roles and responsibilities
      • Assign ownership
    • Ensure accountability

A woman and man at a car dealership about to sign paperwork to buy a new car

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Data quality

Data quality dimensions (applied to a car):

  1. Completeness - has all its parts
  2. Accuracy - built correctly
  3. Consistency - looks like other cars
  4. Validity - built to standards
  5. Timeliness - delivered as expected
  6. Integrity - no changes to car upon delivery

 

A checklist next to a red car to represent the different data quality dimensions applied to a car

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Data protection and safety

Car protection features:

  • Security system
  • Door locks
  • Key required

 

Data protection features:

  • Data masking and encryption
  • Disaster recovery
  • Access management

A man holding an electronic image of a car surrounded by a safety symbol to represent protection

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Data use and availability

  • Our new car needed to be:
    • Usable
    • Reliable
    • Available

 

So does our data!!

  • Can we:
    • Consistently rely on it?
    • Use it for reporting and analytics?
    • Locate and gain access to it?

One set of hands giving car keys to another set of hands to represent the car is available to use

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Data management

Car ownership 101

  • Regular maintenance
  • Store in a safe place
  • Drive and use according to manual

 

Data management 101

  • Technology to protect, use, and store data as a valuable asset
  • Supports data governance policies, procedures, and goals

Hands holding a tiny car to represent caring for a car through maintenance

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Let's practice!

Data Governance Concepts

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