The Business Intelligence Guide
   BI Strategy | BI Program | BI Projects | BI Data | BI Infrastructure | BI User Tools | BI Vendors | Articles | BI Blog

Get a FREE Sample of the
The Total BI Guide
THE LOGICAL ORGANIZATION

and receive the
TLO NEWSLETTER
Just enter your details below

Email:
Name:
 
HOME
 
Business Intelligence
BI Strategy
BI Program Guide
BI Tools
- Dashboards
- Scorecards
- Operational BI
- Analytics
BI Software Solutions
Data Management
Databases
DataWarehouses
Industry Solutions
Case Studies
BI Surveys & Awards
RESOURCES
ARTICLES
BI EVENTS
BI NEWS
Sitemap

 

Data Governance


Data Governance

Data Governance is different from Data Management. Data Governance has both an 'above-the-line' component, and a 'below-the-line' component.

Above The Line Data Governance

Data Governance starts at the top of the business by sanctioning data and making policies and decisions around data. This includes:

  • How to form data
  • Who can use data

Below The Line Data Governance

Below-the-line data management is the day to day tactics that support the formation of data policies and decisions.


 

Data Governance Programs

Too often, organizations embarking on formal data governance programs fail to ensure they have the ability to support it. If the data management capability is not in place before rollout of any BI applications, then there will be no-one on the ground to execute data policies, with the end result of governance in a vacuum – no one enabling these decisions.

So before starting any BI initiative, assess where the organisation is with data management and governance – and their willingness of funding additional headcount for DA or data stewards. This absolutely needs to happen.

Premature starting of data governance fails and then BI and Data Governance both get a bad reputation.

Data Governance needs to extend beyond BI into operational data integration through management of master data.

Next: Data Cleansing

Back To Top

For The World's Leading Guide To BI Strategy, Program & Technology


Data Index | Data Defintion | Meta Data | Data Management | MDM | Data Governance | Data Cleansing | Normalization | Data Integration | Data Growth | Data Solutions

Bookmark and Share
 


NOW AVAILABLE!

The Logical Organization
A Strategic Guide To Corporate Performance Using Business Intelligence

THE ULTIMATE BI REFERENCE
FOR MANAGERS & CONSULTANTS

The Logical Organization Book Cover



Feature Articles

Using BI To Drive Corporate Performance

Pervasive BI - The Next Step in BI Excellence

The Executive Guide to BI Tools and Solutions

The Executive Guide To Understanding Corporate Data

Using Business Intelligence To Power Boost Corporate Performance