Operational Data Governance models
Data Fabric architecture supports diverse Data Governance models. It has the necessary architecture robustness, components, and capabilities to support three types of models:
- Centralized Data Governance: A central Data Governance organization that is accountable for decision-making, data policy management, and enforcement across all business units within an organization. This represents a traditional model.
- Decentralized Data Governance: An organization where a business domain is accountable for and manages the Data Governance program. The business domain is accountable only for their domain’s decision-making and data policy management and enforcement. They operate independently in terms of data management and Data Governance from the rest of the organization.
- Federated Data Governance: In a federated Data Governance model, a federated group of business domain representatives across an organization and governance roles is accountable for global-level concerns and decision-making on Data Governance matters. The federated governance team is not responsible for enforcement or local policy management. Business domains manage their data, local data policies, and enforcement.
Let’s summarize what we have covered in this chapter in the next section.
