Webinar Summary: Minimal Data Governance, is it effective and how to do it?

 

On 10 June, the webinar «Minimal Data Governance: is it effective and how to do it?» was held, in which Nicola Askham The Data Governance Coach spoke about the effective implementation of data governance with little or no investment.

In this webinar from the series «The DATA-DRIVEN webinar series»We discovered whether data governance can be effective on a low budget and how to do it. Here are some of the main points:

• To discuss minimal data governance, we must be clear about these concepts:
  • • Shoestring: A small or inadequate budget.
    • Data governance is very limited: A minimal approach to proactively managing data quality.
    • Minimal Data Governance: A minimal approach to proactive data quality management
• What does that mean?
  • • Is that enough to say that we are doing it?
    • Enough to get rid of the regulator?
    • Something that won't require much effort?
• Minimal Data Governance It must provide real value to the organisation, otherwise there is no point in doing it. Benefits:
  • • Improved efficiency – cost reduction
    • Accurate reports – informed decisions
    • Facilitating compliance
    • Protecting reputation with customers and suppliers
    • Enable the strategy
    • Provide a single version of the truth
    • Enables secure innovation at pace
• Design your own framework
• Select deliverables
• Can minimal data governance be effective? Just remember:
  • • A very focused scope
    • Do it properly
    • Planning for the future

Nicola Askham also shared the document. Free Data Governance Checklist  which provides a high-level outline of the activities you must complete to successfully design and implement a data governance framework.

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