Chapter 4

Overview: A day in the life of a data governance program and its capabilities

Abstract

This chapter addresses the most common question—“What does it look like?” It continues with a detailed examination of who should do the governing, what activities they need to perform, what is actually governed, and what data governance looks like when it occurs.

Keywords

Federation; Scope; Business model; Operating model; Principles; CSFs

Laws are sand, customs are rock. Laws can be evaded and punishment escaped but an openly transgressed custom brings sure punishment.

Mark Twain

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