Data Governance is an important topic for most organizations, yet they still are challenged in operationalizing and sustaining programs. The author shares her experience about what does and does not work in planning, designing, operationalizing, and (ultimately) sustaining a data governance program. It will explore where most organizations are challenged in program development and provide practical, actionable advice to help readers understand various pitfalls and a path forward. This book will help companies resolve various issues surrounding data governance:

• Their organization is thinking about data governance and they don't know where to begin
• They need to get their data governance program back on track
• Staff are part of a data governance program and have no idea what that means
• The company has a general distrust in data
• Data is created and recreated resulting in confusion with reporting/analytic results
• Business and IT stakeholders are having difficulty communicating data needs and challenges

Each chapter will contain:

• Customer quote(s) that speak(s) to the chapter topic
• What the topic is and what the gotchas are
• How to move the topic forward
• Visual examples (these will be real-world)