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Holistic Data Governance: Volume 1: The Guardrail Hierarchy
This book isn’t just a guide; it’s a complete overview of the guardrails needed for a sustainable data governance framework. David doesn’t just offer theory; he shares practical examples on how to put these guardrails into action. His insights are invaluable, practical, and directly applicable—a must-read for every data governance practitioner.
Mathias Vercauteren, The Data Governance Advocate &President of Data Vantage Consulting
“The Guardrail Hierarchy” is a compelling blend of insight, practicality, and expertise ---a must-read for every data professional seeking sustainable data governance.
Robert Wentz, Senior Advisor, EDM Council
Data Governance can be complicated and difficult (and as David reiterates-specific to each organization). This short text provides guardrails that should help most with the challenging task of getting organized. I plan to keep a copy handy as I recommend all organizations do.
Peter Aiken, data management thought leader, author, and Founding Director, Anything Awesome LLC
David reminds us that everyone’s organization has its own culture, expectations, and attitudes toward documentation. He’s also outlined a hierarchical way of thinking about, classifying, and deciding what data-related policies and other guardrails should contain.
Gwen Thomas, Founder of the Data Governance Institute
You wouldn't speed down a mountain road if it didn't have strong guardrails—why approach Data Governance any differently?
We’ve all heard the numbers. Global data production is increasing at an exponential rate. While none of us has to deal with ALL that data, the pattern is the more our business focuses on leveraging the value inherent in our data, the more data we need to manage.
What most companies, large and small, regardless of business sector, need to establish is a sense of Holistic Data Data Governance that is aware of both the needs of the organization as a whole and as the sum of its parts, and that establishes firm guardrails to ensure consistency across the whole company.
This book is the first in a series covering how to adopt a consistent, integrated approach to managing data at scale. In this initial volume, we focus on the definition of a foundational set of Data Governance Guardrails that work together to unite the best thinking of the organization in a manner that allows us to accommodate the varying needs of different parts of the company while simultaneously providing the consistency of approach that will enable us to scale effectively and efficiently across the entire company.
We start by knowing and documenting what is important to the organization and showing how that drives our approach to the data that supports those high-level business goals. We then look at the processes for using, managing, and governing that data before creating high-level, strategic instructions that inform how we work with our data. Collectively, this forms a hierarchy of documents that encapsulates our most important thinking about how and why data matters to us.
Much like the safety barriers that we encounter on twisty mountain roads, these Governance Guardrail documents are intended to keep all of our practitioners safely on a defined path. Collectively, the guardrails exist not simply to guide what the organization can and cannot do, but also to reinforce the establishment, enforcement, and outcome of all the other guardrails.
Mathias Vercauteren, The Data Governance Advocate &President of Data Vantage Consulting
“The Guardrail Hierarchy” is a compelling blend of insight, practicality, and expertise ---a must-read for every data professional seeking sustainable data governance.
Robert Wentz, Senior Advisor, EDM Council
Data Governance can be complicated and difficult (and as David reiterates-specific to each organization). This short text provides guardrails that should help most with the challenging task of getting organized. I plan to keep a copy handy as I recommend all organizations do.
Peter Aiken, data management thought leader, author, and Founding Director, Anything Awesome LLC
David reminds us that everyone’s organization has its own culture, expectations, and attitudes toward documentation. He’s also outlined a hierarchical way of thinking about, classifying, and deciding what data-related policies and other guardrails should contain.
Gwen Thomas, Founder of the Data Governance Institute
You wouldn't speed down a mountain road if it didn't have strong guardrails—why approach Data Governance any differently?
We’ve all heard the numbers. Global data production is increasing at an exponential rate. While none of us has to deal with ALL that data, the pattern is the more our business focuses on leveraging the value inherent in our data, the more data we need to manage.
What most companies, large and small, regardless of business sector, need to establish is a sense of Holistic Data Data Governance that is aware of both the needs of the organization as a whole and as the sum of its parts, and that establishes firm guardrails to ensure consistency across the whole company.
This book is the first in a series covering how to adopt a consistent, integrated approach to managing data at scale. In this initial volume, we focus on the definition of a foundational set of Data Governance Guardrails that work together to unite the best thinking of the organization in a manner that allows us to accommodate the varying needs of different parts of the company while simultaneously providing the consistency of approach that will enable us to scale effectively and efficiently across the entire company.
We start by knowing and documenting what is important to the organization and showing how that drives our approach to the data that supports those high-level business goals. We then look at the processes for using, managing, and governing that data before creating high-level, strategic instructions that inform how we work with our data. Collectively, this forms a hierarchy of documents that encapsulates our most important thinking about how and why data matters to us.
Much like the safety barriers that we encounter on twisty mountain roads, these Governance Guardrail documents are intended to keep all of our practitioners safely on a defined path. Collectively, the guardrails exist not simply to guide what the organization can and cannot do, but also to reinforce the establishment, enforcement, and outcome of all the other guardrails.
238 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 27, 2024
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