Data Governance Basics: Getting Your Program Up and Running
Data Governance Basics: Getting Your Program Up and Running
What you’ll learn
Skills you’ll gain
In building any program, it's natural to experience blunders and missteps. These experiences provide you with valuable lessons and takeaways that can help you succeed downstream. In this course, longtime data governance expert Salvador P. Barragan PhD shares his knowledge and experiences in building data governance programs, allowing you to learn from his errors and successes without having to experience them. Salvador starts by outlining the importance of understanding data governance and literacy, what data really is, how one needs to start with 'the end in mind' before proceeding into the nuts and bolts of data governance. He then walks through each of the key areas and steps required to build a successful program. Finally, Salvador shares his lessons on the sustaining a program and what the future may be for data governance. After this course, you’ll have a list of lessons you can apply to your data governance program to help you succeed.
Syllabus
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Defining data Before diving into data governance, it's important to understand both the physical and philosophical aspects of data. 1m
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Defining data governance There are several different definitions of data governance, and it's important to be able to define what data governance means for your organization. 1m
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Identify your organization's purpose In order to improve your organization's data governance, you must understand what industry and purpose your organization is addressing. 2m
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Describe your organization's goals Identifying goals is crucial to understanding how to best address your organization's data governance destination. 2m
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Diagnose organization pain points If you dig into more problems the organization already has, you can structure your data governance solutions. 2m
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Unlock data governance Data has been referred to as the new oil. 1m
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Build your business case There is limited resources regardless of an organization's size. 2m
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Build a solid foundation Understanding the role and the relationship between people, processes, and technology is critical to building a solid data governance foundation. 1m
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Learn from others Many organizations have attempted to create similar data governance programs or capabilities before. 1m
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Navigate uncertainty with resilience The ability to be resilient in the face of constant change may be your most important attribute. 1m
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Gather your building blocks There are several areas that are required for engagement: Initiation, Definition, Scope, Assessment, Maturity and Plan. 1m
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Create your strategy Strategy has several key areas: Alignment to the business, opportunities, value of DG, and policy requirements. 1m
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Finalize your framework The next step is to align your data governance program with business needs, finalize operating frameworks, and identify accountability and ownership. 2m
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Develop your roadmap When developing your data governance program roadmap, it's important to plan for changes and create success criteria. 2m
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Monitor and improve Operations management is the key to ensure that your data governance program is monitored and continuously improving. 2m
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Integrate data engineering Understanding data engineering is important for being able to comprehend how data flows through your organization. 1m
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Life-cycle management Knowing what stage your data is in is important for proper data governance. 1m
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Integrate data stewardship Data stewardship is critical when it comes to clarifying who is actually going to do the work and why your program will be successful. 1m
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Analyze your process Processes are one of the 3 pillars of a successful data governance program (among people and technology). 1m
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Ensure continuous improvement Part of the success of any program is the ability to sustain it. 1m
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Next steps Thank you for watching this course! 1m
Certificate
Certificate of Completion
Awarded upon successful completion of the course.
Instructor
Salvador Barragan
Salvador Barragan is an accomplished executive with extensive global experience in developing enterprise data governance programs across a variety of industries and within both the public and private sectors. He possesses a keen ability to understand the macro picture and translate complex systems and data into manageable information. He brings deep expertise in full life-cycle management of data governance, data strategy, data privacy and data security.
Salvador Barragan
Data Governance and Data Management Expert
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