Data Governance

Chapter 1

Introduction

 Our opinions do not really blossom into fruition until we have expressed them to someone else.

—Mark Twain

Introduction

While the main purpose of this book is to give the reader a solid head start on the deployment, implementation, or “standing up” of a data (or information) governance program, it is also intended to supplement all other literature written about data governance. If you have a data governance program in place, but it is faltering, there is still plenty of advice in the following pages. In the following chapters, every attempt was made to keep the positions and processes disclosed as neutral as possible. In addition to a large amount of background, definitions, and preferred practices, this book will present ...