Like so many roles and operations that have emerged in the digital age, Data Governance is often misunderstood – confused with Data Management or seen as an extension of IT. How to communicate the role of Data Governance and ensure it is successfully implemented? At DATAVERSITY’s 2022 Enterprise Data Governance Online event, data practitioner John Ladley shared five elements that should be part of every Data Governance framework.
Defining the Terrain
First and foremost, you must clarify the roles and responsibilities of Data Governance and prevent other Data Management activities from bleeding into its domain. Data Governance is fundamentally a function of “oversight and control,” said Ladley, though some people may recoil at the word “governance” and associate it with being told what to do.
