Actionable Data Governance: Talk Is Cheap, But Can You Really Implement a Sustainable Data Governance Program?

There is so much written right now about data governance. Who needs data governance? In truth, some organizations do not need a robust data governance program. However, the rest of all do need to consider things like who is using the data, where is the data being used, and the accuracy of the data. Along with all those 'data' issues come business rules, data policies, and usage guidelines. Not the easiest endeavor - data governance! The definition of Data Governance, and the steps required to achieve governance, has changed over the years. Organizations may have started with a step-wise approach that depended on only alignment of business and IT, but are now realizing that data governance is a lot more than just policy and procedures.