Business data governance is a very important subject that is often neglected, even though it is paramount for efficient data integration. Taking care of data governance means carefully defining data usage and management, agreeing to processes for handling data issues and boosting the quality of your data so your business decisions are based on real, correct and up-to-date assets. Having the right technologies, smart tools and the right people with you during this data governance process is the key to success.
Master data governance is a discipline that is implemented across organisations via an ongoing and evolving program made up of technologies (software solutions such as SAP’s MDG), subject matter experts and a focused project to enforce MDG. An MDG program is more than just the implementation of the technology. The greatest challenges will not be technical, but data governance-related. The creation of an appropriate, well-functioning data governance mechanism is essential for the success of an MDG program. It needs to ensure strong alignment with the organisation’s business vision and demonstrate on-going value through a set of metrics.
1: MDM vision
2: MDM strategy
3: MDM governance
4: MDM organisation
5: MDM processes
6: MDM technology infrastructure
7: MDM metrics