Tag Archives: Data Governance

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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I just love Lora Cecere


I confess. I just love Lora Cecere. I’ve been her client; she’s been my boss, and I call her a trusted friend and advisor. We’ve enjoyed conversations and exchanged ideas in hallways, convention centers, airports, taxi cabs, hotel bars and many restaurants across the country and gabfests by phone. One of my absolute favorite Lora [...]

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How effective is your data governance program


Measurement and accountability drive process efficiency

In this, the conclusion of my blog series on “Measuring data governance programs,” I’ll be exploring the need to measure data governance process performance and techniques you can use to ensure that those processes are operating optimally. The last few posts expressed the need to measure data governance programs from various perspectives to ensure that [...]

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