Webinar Summary: Minimal Data Governance, is it effective and how to do it?

On 10 June, the webinar «Minimal Data Governance: is it effective and how to do it?» was held, where Nicola Askham The Data Governance Coach spoke about the implementation of data governance. with little or no investment.

In this webinar of “The DATA-DRIVEN webinar series”We discovered whether data governance on a shoestring budget can be effective and how to go about it. Here are some of the main points:

• To discuss minimal data governance, we must be clear about these concepts:
  • • Shoestring: Unsufficient or inadequate funding
    • Data governance on a shoestring: A minimum approach to proactively managing data quality
    • Minimal Data Governance: A minimum approach to proactively managing data quality
• What does that mean?
  • • Just enough to say we're doing it?
    • Enough to keep the regulator off our backs?
    • Something that won't take much effort? 
• Minimal Data Governance must deliver real value to the organisation, otherwise there is no point in doing it. Benefits:
  • • Mejorar la eficiencia – reducir los costes
    • Accurate reporting – supporting decisions
    • Facilitate compliance
    • Protect your reputation with customers and
    • suppliers
    • Enable strategy
    • Provide a single version of the truth
    • Permit safe innovation at a rapid pace
• Design Your Framework
• Select your deliverables
• Can Minimal Data Governance Be Effective? Just Remember
  • • Very focused scope 
    • Do it properly 
    • Plan for the future

Nicola Askham also shared a Free Data Governance Checklist that provides you with a high-level outline of the activities you need to complete in order to successfully design and implement a Data Governance Framework.

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