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Approaches to Assigning Data Ownership and Stewardship Organizations can take multiple approaches to assigning Data Owners and Data Stewards for enterprise data. It is an asset that belongs to the enterprise. Then the DGO would communicate the changes to all known data stakeholders and would collect feedback about potential issues. Other organizations did not feel the need for documented processes. Having such processes have helped train participants to sync up their activities, and they\u2019ve helped prove to auditors that formal, auditable processes were being followed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Change practitioners and project managers facilitate the change behind the scenes and develop and coordinate the plans that sponsors and people managers will execute. Data governance affects numerous stakeholders, including data owners, individual contributors, and senior management. Data governance initiatives struggle when organizations fail to define success and how they will measure it clearly. A change management strategy ensures employees understand what they need to do, why it matters, and how to comply, reducing risk while meeting governance expectations. As organizations experience rapid growth, the volume, variety, and complexity of the data teams use often increase significantly. During mergers and acquisitions, organizations integrate datasets from multiple separate companies, each with its own systems, standards, definitions, policies and practices.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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Early and ongoing stakeholder engagement is critical to the success of data governance change. In Phase 1 \u2014 Prepare Approach, teams establish what they are trying to achieve and define what success on the project will look like. This feedback loop enables ongoing adjustments and improvements, helping the governance framework remain adequate, relevant, and responsive as organizational needs evolve.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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