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Data Governance
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Data Governance

by John Ladley
November 2012
Beginner to intermediate
264 pages
6h 11m
English
Morgan Kaufmann
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Chapter 3

Overview of a data governance program

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

—Mark Twain

Data Governance Program Overview

A data governance program really has one clear goal—to disappear. That may seem a bit enigmatic, especially since this book is about making data governance real. Nevertheless, it is true. Remember, you are deploying a new set of principles for treating a valuable asset in a much-improved manner. At the end of the day, the true mark of success is the organization treating its information as it treats its factories, supply chains, vendors, and customers. In the twenty-first century, no manager argues with standards for material ...

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