Common mistakes that can derail a data governance strategy and program

Common mistakes that can derail a data governance strategy and program

Common mistakes that can derail a data governance strategy and program

Date: Apr 06, 2011

Creating a successful data governance program is no cakewalk: It takes a lot of planning and preparation and requires the involvement of both IT and business professionals on an ongoing basis. And there are numerous pitfalls that can trip up companies when they’re crafting and implementing a data governance strategy.

In this video interview from the fall 2010 TDWI World Conference in Orlando, Jill Dyche, partner and co-founder of Baseline Consulting Group Inc., and Kimberly Nevala, a principal consultant at Baseline, talk about the common mistakes that businesses make in developing data governance plans and managing data governance programs. Dyche and Nevala also offer some data governance best practices tips on how to avoid those errors. In addition, they explain what decision rights are in a data governance context and discuss how data governance programs should be structured.

In the eight-minute video, viewers will learn:

  • What the single biggest mistake is that organizations make when creating a data governance strategy and program
  • Other common data governance errors that companies make
  • Why businesses are still falling into those data governance traps
  • Data governance best practices that can help project managers avoid such mistakes
  • What decision rights are and why they’re important to data governance programs
  • Whether data governance should be an IT or business program

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