by Angela Guess
Daniel Teachey of Dataflux recently answered a few questions about the current state of data governance. When asked how DG has changed over the last few years, Teachey replied, “I think that where people are starting out has changed somewhat. Four or five years ago, people were researching what data governance was and what it meant. They knew they needed things like compliance driving them toward data governance, but they weren’t really aware of how to get started. Now, lots of companies have started; they now understand that this issue may be bigger than they anticipated and may involve more types of data than they anticipated. They’re also often seeing that they don’t have the internal structures in place to support it.”
He continued, “The problems and drivers behind data governance are probably still the same. The average maturity of organizations has gone up, but there is still a lot of confusion. I think the biggest challenge for companies in the next one to two years is going to be taking a project, applying data governance principles to it, and showing the value. It will be the challenge of testing out some of the processes, some of the technologies, some of the human resources, and seeing if they’re delivering what they need to provide value. Ultimately, of course, that’s what determines if the project was successful or not.”
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