The emergence of business intelligence and data warehousing initiatives have placed increased importance on effective data governance practices among many business and IT leaders.  More often than not, organizations turn to their IT groups to provide leadership in this area, ensuring the quality, consistency, security and standardization of information among disparate business units.  The key to an effective data governance program is developing strong, reusable data definitions.

Developing these definitions can be a tricky process, especially in organizations that have never tackled data governance on an enterprise-wide basis in the past.  Successful definition efforts require a consensus-driven approach that considers the needs of business units beyond the immediate customer to ensure the long-term viability of definitions.  Let’s take a look at five effective practices for building an effective data governance program.

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Published in BizTech Magazine, August 23, 2013