An important component of data governance is having a data system inventory. Data at an organization needs to be understood, individually and collectively, and that can’t be done without a data system inventory. Organizations need to take defined steps to build their data system inventory and have a process to maintain.
Click here to access post on data system inventory resources.
An important component of data governance is the request of data. Organization’s need an established data request process that is known and easy to use. The life cycle of data requests consists of inquiries about data, requests for deliverables, analysis of report details and data definitions, report development and report delivery.
Click here to access post on data request resources.
An important component of data governance is data stewardship. Data governance is about helping people. The data stewards are the team that assists others with data governance and management.
Click here to access post on data stewardship resources.
An important component of data governance (and data quality) is reference data or valid lists. An unexpected change a reference data list could have big impact such as reports not working. There must be a process in place with data steward involvement when reference data is changed or new additions.
Click here to access blog post on reference data resources.
You need to know where your came from and its transformation as it moves. Therefore data lineage is a key part of data governance.
Click here to access blog post with resources on data lineage.
An important component of data governance is data quality. And there are many parts to data quality including sources, issues, impact, people roles, content and processes.
Click here to access the blog post on data quality resources.
Click here to access the blog post on business glossary resources.
Data Processing (Report) Catalog
Click here to access the blog post on data processing (report) catalog resources.
Other Data Governance Resources
Feel free to check out our data governance resources page by clicking here.
Hope you found these resources useful.
IData has a solution, the Data Cookbook, that can aid the employees and the organization in its data governance, data stewardship and data quality initiatives. IData also has experts that can assist with data governance, reporting, integration and other technology services on an as needed basis. Feel free to contact us and let us know how we can assist.
Credit StockSnap_AREPT79VY0_libary_manyresourcesofDG_BP #1014