Going lean is all about the elimination of waste and risk. In the manufacturing world, lean methods focused on delivering a high-quality product to the customer. In the data world, Lean Governance delivers clean, timely, and controlled data at the lowest cost with minimal bureaucracy. The path to Lean Governance begins with a view across […]
Excessive Bureaucracy Is Killing Data Governance
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. Despite the best-in-class Data Governance policies and programs, failure rates are still too high. Current efforts often fall short of delivering trusted data, despite huge investments of time and money. People are looking for a better way, judging by the high popularity of “Data Governance 101” conference […]
Lean Governance: The Next Machine to Change the World
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. Lean GovernanceTM is the next machine to change the world of Data Governance and Enterprise Data Management. As proponents of lean thinking, we view corporations as data factories that produce information for operations, reporting, and financial modeling. We were inspired by the 1990 groundbreaking book “The Machine that […]
Defining Principles, Elements, and Roles and Responsibilities in a Data Governance Policy
In previous blog posts, we defined the purpose, scope, and objectives of a Data Governance policy. In this blog post, we will complete the remaining sections needed for an effective Data Governance policy.
Solving the Right Problem: A Case Study in Risk Management
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. “Successful problem solving requires finding the right solution to the right problem. We fail more often because we solve the wrong problem than because we get the wrong solution to the right problem.” – Russell L. Ackoff [1] Managing risk starts with identifying and solving the right […]
Defining Purpose, Scope, and Objectives in a Data Governance Policy
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. In the last blog, we defined how to determine the target audience for a Data Governance policy. In this blog, we will begin to define the actual Data Governance policy. There are at least two primary documents that govern most working groups or committees. The first is […]
Defining the Target Audience for the Data Governance Policy
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. In my last blog, we discussed that one of the most critical aspects of an effective Data Governance implementation is having a comprehensive Data Governance policy. This blog is going to dig deeper into the Data Governance policy by defining the approach to determine the target audience […]
A Data Governance Policy Becomes a Focal Point of Real Change
Click to learn more about author Steve Zagoudis. One of the most critical aspects of an effective Data Governance implementation is having a comprehensive Data Governance policy. The need for a policy is often considered a bureaucratic burden. Like a charter, all governance groups seem forced to have these two governing documents as a license […]