Data ownership

In Chapter 3, we went through how to build a high-performing team. You may recall that building a high-performing team isn’t just about your direct reporting staff, but also the entire data community across the company. One of the most important considerations in building a high-performing team is activating those who manage the data directly. These data stewards (both technical and business data stewards) are a key component to operationalizing all of the capabilities we discussed in Part 2 of this book, but also in implementing policies, standards, and procedures.

One way to get a quick win is to activate your stewardship community. The data governance leader, which we covered in Chapter 3, should identify who data stewards are across the organization and use these stewards to implement the policies, standards, and procedures, but also to identify quick wins! The individuals closest to the data are the ones who see and experience the data issues day to day...