Front Cover; Data Stewardship; Copyright Page; Contents; Acknowledgments; About the Author; Foreword; Problem Statement; Introduction; Roles of the Data Steward in Managed Data; What this Book Covers; What is not in this Book; Who Needs this Book?; 1 Data Stewardship and Data Governance: How They Fit Together; Introduction; What is Data Governance?; What is Data Stewardship?; Overall Goals of Data Stewardship; Moving Data to a Governed State; The Three P's: Policies, Processes, and Procedures; How Data Stewardship Fits into Data Governance; Executive Steering Committee; Data Governance Board

Data Stewardship CouncilIT Support Through the Technical Data Stewards; Data Governance Program Office; The Overall Data Governance Organization; Summary; 2 Understanding the Types of Data Stewardship; Introduction; Business Data Stewards; Choosing the Right Business Data Steward; Characteristics of a Successful Business Data Steward; Business Data Stewards and the Data; The Key Role of the Business Data Steward; Technical Data Stewards; Project Data Stewards; Domain Data Stewards; Operational Data Stewards; Summary; 3 Data Stewardship Roles and Responsibilities; Introduction

Data Stewardship CouncilWhat is the Data Stewardship Council?; Responsibilities of the Data Stewardship Council; Enterprise Data Steward; Leadership; Program Management; Measurement; Business Data Stewards; Business Alignment; Data Life-Cycle Management; Data Quality and Risks; Domain Data Stewards; Alignment; Data Life-Cycle Management; Data Quality; Project Data Stewards; Metadata; Data Quality; Data Governance Project Alignment; Technical Data Stewards; Operational Data Stewards; Summary; 4 Implementing Data Stewardship; Introduction; Championing and Communicating Data Stewardship

Gaining Support From Above and BelowUnderstanding the Organization; Organization Structure; Culture of an Organization; Organizing Data Stewards; Figuring Out Your Starting Point; Figuring Out What You've Got: The Data; Figuring Out What You've Got: The Metadata; Figuring Out What You've Got: Data Quality; Figure Out What You've Got: Processes; Figure Out What You've Got: Tools; Summary; 5 Training Business Data Stewards; Introduction; Curricula for Training Business Data Stewards; Basic Principles; Metadata for Key Business Data Elements; Uses of Data; Information Producers and Consumers

Using SIPOC to Understand Data UseIntroduction to Data Stewardship Processes; Tools of the Trade; Training for Data Quality Improvement; Summary; 6 Practical Data Stewardship; Introduction; The Basics; Choosing Key Business Data Elements; Assigning the Responsible Business Data Stewards; Creating Good Business Definitions; Defining the Creation and Usage Business Rules for a Data Element; Defining the Derivation Rules; Setting Up Repeatable Processes; Understanding How the Business Data Stewards Interact With the Data Governance Program Office; Regular Meetings with the Data Stewards

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Data stewards in business and IT are the backbone of a successful data governance implementation because they do the work to make a company's data trusted, dependable, and high quality. Data Stewardship explains everything you need to know to successfully implement the stewardship portion of data governance, including how to organize, train, and work with data stewards, get high-quality business definitions and other metadata, and perform the day-to-day tasks using a minimum of the steward's time and effort. David Plotkin has loaded this book with practical advice on stewardship so you can ge