I've been doing a lot of research lately on the nature of Governance. There are a lot of misconstrued definitions in the market place, and a lot of vendors throwing around terms that they don't define. It seems like I've found definitions for Corporate Governance, and IT Governance, and even a definition for "Country" Governance, but finding definitions of SOA Governance and Data Governance leads to muddy water. "It's like trying to catch smoke with your bare hands!" (Harry Potter, The Prisoner of Azkaban).
I recently ran a search on "IT Governance"+Defined, it came up with some interesting ideas, I then did the same for Data Governance. Surprisingly, many vendors claim they have or support Data Governance, but nowhere do they define exactly what that means, or how it applies to business. In fact, in some cases, they define Data Governance as "Governance over Data" - extremely redundant.
In light of this confusion, I've decided to write a new series for Bill Inmons newsletter on Governance, and what it means to business. Included in this series are snippets of best practices which my consulting company has developed and implements on site. Surprisingly, there are many consultancies who claim to be able to help implement Governance at an enterprise, but very few actually can define just what it is, what its' deliverables, are, and how to make it work within the corporate organization.
After reading through the series, feel free to comment HERE on the articles, use this as the feedback for the series on governance. OR if you have thoughts about what works and what companies SHOULD implement, please comment here as well.
Happy reading!
Cheers,
Dan L
Posted January 24, 2006 6:51 AM
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