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The Fall Governance Classic


Can You Govern Your Way to Better Performance?

As I sit and watch the unbelievable talent during the World Series (even though my beloved Tampa Bay Rays didn’t make it to the fall classic), I can’t help but think of what it means to compete at that level.  Watching the flaming MPH indicator every time one of these pitchers throws above 95MPH (and [...]

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The Road to Data Governance Maturity: Where Are We?


Who is getting it right?

Yesterday, we released a comprehensive report analyzing “The State of Data Governance Maturity.” Based on results from more than 200 people who have taken Kalido’s Data Governance Maturity Assessment, the report highlights the issues we find hindering the success of data governance programs. We’ve grouped those issues under three headlines. Business engagement is spotty. Data [...]

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Minding your P’s and Q’s (Process and Quality)


Yesterday, I was reviewing some new work by the Kalido team around our Data Governance product; the effort is focused on bringing to the forefront both data quality and process quality in order to improve business performance.  It’s impressive because for the first time I can see how my data quality directly impacts the steps [...]

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Top 2 Advise for Making Data Governance Sustainable


Establishing a data governance program is not easy: a company I talked to recently is now trying to do it again, hoping that the third time is charm. How to establish a sustainable data governance program? Much has been written in blogs and spoken in conferences on this topic, so I’m not going to produce [...]

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You’ve defined your data governance program, so what?


Building a framework vs. institutionalizing the program

So you have a data governance program. Congratulations! Now you’re probably thinking about how you can measure the state of data governance in your enterprise moving forward. Perhaps you’ve compile a list of questions: How many layers of escalation are built into the framework? How many permanent council members versus virtual team members are engaged [...]

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