September 2014
Intermediate to advanced
672 pages
17h 32m
English
This chapter focuses on the data steward. Throughout this text, the role of the data steward has been expanded from a “data definition gatekeeper, to an activist, value-add partner to the business. This chapter starts with an overview on the origin of data stewardship: where it started, where it is, and where it needs to go. It covers the expanded role of the data steward in both project work and ongoing operations with a focus on deriving value from business analytics environments. This focus includes a discussion on expanding the data steward and information governance focus into the establishment and operations of analytic sandboxes for the business, which were briefly mentioned in Chapter 8