Chapter 5

Aligning the Language of Business

The Business Glossary

Abstract

The business glossary is a critical deliverable from the governance team. Many industry experts agree that the business glossary is the most important component of the data governance team and its processes. It is the team's responsibility to ensure the definitions of the business terms and data assets are managed by the data stewards and governance processes. This chapter provides the objectives the data governance team needs to implement a business glossary using the data Playbook or other technology. We discuss alternatives to the business glossary standards, roles and responsibilities involved, alignment activities, leveraging of IT, and data assets as well as the use ...

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