Conclusion

The remaining data governance capabilities in the subsequent chapters will build on this metadata capability. If you do not have a strong handle on your metadata, measuring data quality, building authorized provisioning points, optimizing architecture, and building authoritative sources for common datasets (i.e., customers or products) becomes a lot more difficult. Thus, it is critical to message the importance of this foundational capability early and often as you advance the maturity of data governance at your company.

As a result of this chapter, you should be able to adequately explain the importance of metadata management, including why it is required for all other capabilities to be successful, understand how to design a strong metadata management function, and how to define and implement the specific needs for your company’s implementation. The next chapter will discuss the topic of metadata, but it will focus on the more technical aspects of metadata management...