by Angela Guess
A recent article looks at the turf wars that can happen when trying to implement and maintain a set of data governance rules. The article states, “The problem isn’t agreeing that there should be rules, it’s getting the various parties inside an organization to come to some kind of consensus about what those rules should be, who should run point on this effort and what technology should be used to enforce the policies (if any).”
It continues, “The trouble comes into play because of typical enterprise turf wars. IT is looking at the problem from a pure technology-implementation perspective. Legal has a different set of priorities than the record keepers and they both don’t get IT. It gets almost religious in some places, and that’s a problem because when these groups get caught up in turf wars, they lose sight of the main organizational requirement for a set of clearly defined rules.”
The article goes on, “The goal shouldn’t be to control the vast amounts of information flowing in and out of a typical enterprise, because it’s just not realistic. You can’t do it. Forget about it. You could try to lock it down, but that’s even more counter-productive in today’s Internet-driven business world and it doesn’t work–especially when the Internet is only as far away as the smart phone in your employee’s pocket or purse.”
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