Designing Data Governance from the Ground Up

Define Data Domains

Now that you’ve reviewed your data’s mission statement, recall the list of data stewards you created in Chapter 2, ​Select Data Stewards​. You’ve identified which colleagues are best suited to serve each potential stewardship role so you can all bring this mission statement to life. These stewards should understand the company culture, goals, and how their work upholds it. Once they’ve agreed to serve on the data governance council, your next step is to work with each steward on defining the data domain(s) they will own.

Data domains are logical groups of data that address a common purpose, concept, or object. It helps to think of every department in your organization as its own data domain, each with its own subdomains. For ...