Chapter 1

Purpose, Scope and Audience

Abstract

This book describes an approach to making data governance repeatable, reliable, and cost-effective in your organization. Our approach uses a Playbook, a play-by-play description of how to set expectations and perform data governance jobs right the first time. Before we dig deeper into the Playbook, we highlight the impact of data issues on organizations, industries, countries, and individuals. While many of the stories were taken from recent headlines and seem like once-in-a-million events, some of the stories describe recurring themes. These stories illustrate the type of data governance issues the Playbook was designed to address and reflect real problems that can ultimately cost an organization money ...

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