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Enterprise Data Governance Frameworks & Operating Models
Enterprise Data Governance
Two Models and a Seam: Governing Master Data and Analytical Data at Enterprise Scale
Master data governance and analytical data governance serve different people under different conditions, and should be judged differently. Two operating models, joined only at the definitions they share; the user of the data owns it; and a report keeps its own number when it can say why.
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Rules of Decreasing Strictness: What Each Tier of a Governance Operating Model Owes the Others, and Master Data
Centralised, hybrid and federated governance are not three models to choose between but three tiers of one, with rules of decreasing strictness: a few hard interface rules at the top, a map of who is responsible for what in the middle, and each domain's own stated rules at the bottom. Whether…
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A Distance From Perfect, Owned by Domain
Strong master data control is not a level of completeness. It is a stated distance from perfect for each domain, a name beside every exception, and someone senior enough to hold the line.
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Before It Had a Name: How Master Data Ended Up at the Bottom of Every Governance Framework
Master data sits at the floor of every governance framework, described as foundational, and no council ever voted it there. A proposal, with the history that argues for it: a framework that names master data as foundational must name the seat that signs each enterprise definition inside it, and…
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