Contributors
- Collibra
- Global Data Excellence
- University of British Columbia
- Knowledge Integrity Inc.
- San Diego Zoo
- Beca Applied Technologies
- Braun Intertec
Your Challenge
- Organizations are facing challenges from explosive data growth (volume, velocity) and the need to use more new sources of data like social media (variety) just to remain in business, putting a strain on enterprise data management.
- Although the need for a data governance program can be evident, business buy-in remains a real barrier. IT must create a comprehensive governance plan and socialize the value of data governance to gain buy-in.
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Data governance enables data-driven insight. Hearing the word governance can trigger thoughts of bureaucracy, but instead think of governance as a structure for making better use of data.
- Collaboration is critical. The business may own the data, but IT understands the data. Data governance will not work unless the business and IT work together.
- Data governance is an engine that needs fuel, and it powers the organization up the data value chain. Data governance is an engine that puts the pistons of policies and procedures, master data management, data quality, and data architecture into motion. Without data governance, these elements of data management would not be possible.
Impact and Result
- Gather requirements for your data governance program by interviewing key stakeholders and identifying prevalent, data-related pains. Understand how data is created, used, and curated throughout the enterprise to gain a high-level perspective of data requirements.
- Identify the organization’s current state of data governance capability along with the target state, identify the gaps, and then define solutions across a balance of planning and control activities to fill those gaps. Ensure business initiatives are woven into the mix.
- Create a comprehensive roadmap to prioritize initiatives and delineate responsibilities among data stewards, data owners, and members of the data governance steering committee.
- Gain complete buy-in from the business and IT stakeholders to move forward with the implementation of data governance. Effectively communicate initiatives to end users and executives to reduce resistance.
Guided Implementations
This guided implementation is an eight call advisory process.
Guided Implementation #1 - Build a collaborative data governance engine plan
Call #1 - Identify what data governance means to the organization.
Call #2 - Discuss the strategic plans of the business and establish a business context for data governance.
Call #3 - Determine data governance program strategies.
Guided Implementation #2 - Develop the data governance implementation roadmap
Call #1 - Discuss the results of the data governance requirements gathering assessment.
Call #2 - Plan initiatives for data governance.
Call #3 - Create a roadmap and discuss next steps.
Guided Implementation #3 - Drive the data governance program engine
Call #1 - Discuss and create the policies, procedures, roles, and responsibilities that will enable your organization to use its data for shared insight.
Call #2 - Develop a communication plan to maintain the governance program.
Book Your Workshop
Onsite workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost onsite delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Develop a Vision for the Data Governance Program
The Purpose
- Identify key business data assets that need to be governed.
- Create a unifying vision for the data governance program.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Understand the value of data governance and how it can help the organization better leverage its data.
- Gain knowledge of how data governance can benefit both IT and the business.
Activities
Outputs
Establish business context and value of data governance to the organization
Assess the value, benefits, challenges, and opportunities associated with data governance
Develop the vision, purpose, and scope of data governance for the business
- Defined and holistic data governance vision
Identify data governance enablers
Interview business stakeholders
- IT and business leadership alignment
- Business leadership communication plan
- Data governance program charter
Module 2: Assess Data Flow in the Business
The Purpose
- Assess which data contains value and/or risk and determine metrics that will determine how valuable the data is to the organization.
- Assess where the organization currently stands in data governance initiatives.
- Determine gaps between the current and future states of the data governance program.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Gain a holistic understanding of organizational data and how it flows through business units and systems.
- Identify which data should fall under the governance umbrella.
- Determine a practical starting point for the program.
Activities
Outputs
Evaluate the risks and value of critical data
Map and understand the flow of data within the business
- Data governance scope
Identify data sources and users
- Data flow diagram with identified key data sources and users
Assess current data governance capabilities
- Data governance maturity assessment
Set target data governance capabilities
- Business data glossary
Identify performance gaps
Module 3: Analyze Gaps and Develop Initiatives
The Purpose
- Determine strategic initiatives and create a roadmap outlining key steps required to get the organization to start enabling data-driven insights.
- Determine timing of the initiatives.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Establish clear direction for the data governance program.
- Step-by-step outline of how to create effective data governance, with true business-IT collaboration.
Activities
Outputs
Evaluate performance gaps for remediation
Develop alignment of initiatives to strategies
Consolidate data governance initiatives and strategies
- Data policy templates
- Job descriptions and RACI
Develop a project timeline and define key success factors
- Data governance initiative plan and timeline
Module 4: Design Roadmap and Plan Implementation
The Purpose
- Consolidate the roadmap and other strategies to determine the plan of action from Day One.
- Create the required policies, procedures, and positions for data governance to be sustainable and effective.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Prioritized initiatives with dependencies mapped out.
- A clearly communicated plan for data governance that will have full business backing.
Activities
Outputs
Develop a plan of action
- Data governance roadmap
Prioritize actions
- Action plan
Build a data governance roadmap (short and long term)
- Business case presentation
- Job descriptions
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this Blueprint, and what our clients have to say.
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Altra Federal Credit Union
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Apogee Enterprises, Inc
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
N/A
ROLTA AdvizeX
Workshop
10/10
$31,833
20
College of New Caledonia
Guided Implementation
8/10
$4,000
10
Investors Bank
Guided Implementation
10/10
$1,400
2
Libro Credit Union
Guided Implementation
9/10
$25,000
10
Public Safety Canada
Workshop
9/10
$50,000
50
City of Colorado Springs
Workshop
10/10
$22,283
20
ASEA
Guided Implementation
9/10
$60,484
50
Louisiana State University
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
2
FinDev Canada
Guided Implementation
8/10
N/A
N/A
Lifestyle Solutions ( AUST ) LTD
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
2
Montana Department of Transportation
Guided Implementation
10/10
$20,373
20
Mott MacDonald LLC
Guided Implementation
10/10
$43,501
20
Kentucky COT (Commonwealth Office of Technology)
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
50
Adler University
Guided Implementation
10/10
$25,000
120
PGIM Fixed Income
Guided Implementation
10/10
$2,546
10
Olmsted Medical Center
Guided Implementation
8/10
$509K
50
PCI Gaming
Workshop
10/10
$63,667
50
American Bankers Association
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
CPS Energy
Workshop
9/10
$63,667
29
Ara Institute of Canterbury
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
City of Saskatoon, SK
Guided Implementation
10/10
N/A
N/A
Benchmade
Workshop
8/10
$636K
47
Franco Signor LLC
Guided Implementation
9/10
N/A
N/A
Hope Global
Guided Implementation
9/10
$6,366
20
Peoples Bank
Guided Implementation
10/10
$70,034
9
City of Saskatoon, SK
Guided Implementation
10/10
$95,000
110
Bob Barker Company, Inc.
Workshop
10/10
$63,667
20
The Corporation of the City of Kingston
Guided Implementation
7/10
$2,000
2