
464 Part III n Information Quality Applied to Core Business Value Circles
participated in the definition of the Product structure (Bill-of-Materials). The fol-
lowing list describes the magnitude of the change required:
Cross-functional Information Design Teams n
Standard definitions and business rules for the top 80 percent of the n
entities and attributes that had to be signed off on by value chain
Executives
Standard conceptual and detailed Information Models had to be signed n
off by value chain Executives.
Executive agreement for all current and future efforts to manage Product n
structure information to adopt the new design and policy
Governing processes used to control yearly funding of reconstruction efforts n
Governing processes to control disparate attempts to resolve Product n
structure issues
Multiyear programs to migrate planning systems one at a time n
Multiyear programs to migrate execution systems one at a time n
Cross-functional governing Teams to judge ongoing compliance with the n
design
Educational classes on the new processes, polices, and governing models n
KEY LEARNINGS:
Master data, such as your company’s Product structure, is used horizon- n
tally across the many parts of the company. Build an Enterprise-Strength,
cross-functional set of design Requirements with all the key Stakeholders
(including terms, definitions, business rules, and authorized sources).
Large efforts ...