Data Stewardship: An Actionable Guide to Effective Data Management and Data Governance

by David Plotkin

Overview

Data stewards in any organization are the backbone of a successful data governance implementation because they do the work to make data trusted, dependable, and high quality. Since the publication of the first edition, there have been critical new developments in the field, such as integrating Data Stewardship into project management, handling Data Stewardship in large international companies, handling "big data" and Data Lakes, and a pivot in the overall thinking around the best way to align data stewardship to the data—moving from business/organizational function to data domain. Furthermore, the role of process in data stewardship is now recognized as key and needed to be covered.Data Stewardship, Second Edition provides clear and concise practical advice on implementing and running data stewardship, including guidelines on how to organize based on organizational/company structure, business functions, and data ownership. The book shows data managers how to gain support for a stewardship effort, maintain that support over the long-term, and measure the success of the data stewardship effort. It includes detailed lists of responsibilities for each type of data steward and strategies to help the Data Governance Program Office work effectively with the data stewards.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780124104457
Publisher:	Morgan Kaufmann Publishers
Publication date:	09/16/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	248
File size:	5 MB

About the Author

David Plotkin has 30 years of experience in data governance, data modeling, metadata, and data quality. He has led efforts at employers and client companies to plan and implement Data Governance both as stand-alone efforts and as part of other initiatives such as Data Quality improvement and Master Data Management. He has previously managed Data Governance at two insurance companies and managed data quality at two large banks. He is a popular speaker at DAMA courses and conferences and serves as a subject matter expert on many topics around metadata, data governance, and data quality.

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1 Data Stewardship and Data Governance: How They Fit Together

Chapter 2 Understanding the Types of Data Stewardship

Chapter 3 Stewardship Roles and Responsibilities

Chapter 4 Implementing Data Stewardship

Chapter 5 Training the Business Data Stewards

Chapter 6 Practical Data Stewardship

Chapter 7 The Important Roles of Data Stewards

Chapter 8 Measuring Data Stewardship Progress: The Metrics

Chapter 9 Rating Your Data Stewardship Maturity

Chapter 10 Summing it all up

Appendix A Example Definition and Derivation

Appendix B Sample Training Plan Outline

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Editorial Reviews

"If you work in the field of data management, chance are you know of David Plotkin. He has worked in the field for decades and has written extensively on data, metadata, and related issues. With the second edition of his book, Plotkin has written the quintessential book on data stewardship. He defines data stewardship and how it fits together with data governance, delivering best practices, policies, and procedures that make sense. The book offers up practical advice on implementing data stewardship and defines the roles and responsibilities of the data steward. But he also devotes a chapter offering guidance on training for data stewards, and another chapter on the metrics that can be used to measure the performance of data stewards. And if your organization is new or just starting to implementing data governance and stewardship, then you absolutely must read Chapter 4, “Implementing Data Stewardship.” It will step you through the process of championing, communicating, and gaining support for data stewardship." —Data and Technology Today

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