CHAPTER 9: THE AUDACITY OF DATA GOVERNANCE

We understand that like many things in life, data governance does not come easy. Data governance is earned with slow and incremental change by those who have the forethought to see the future and by those who know that success relies upon accurate corporate information.

For companies, choosing whether to embark on data governance, it is a choice between chaos and order. Most companies want to own their market, meaning they want to be the top dog in their space – the Google, Toyota and Apple iPod of their worlds. But how can you own your market if all you own is disorder? By making order out of chaotic information, data governance is the coin counting machine that turns your scattered data coins into ...

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