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Data Governance Framework

Hundreds of Data Governance programs around the world have used this logical structure as a template for how they classify, organize, and describe the complex activities that come together to govern data. Whether you are starting a program, joining one, or rejuvenating one, the DGI Data Governance Framework can keep your team in sync.

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Data Governance Communications Guide

Data-centric IT projects often face challenges such as missed deadlines, budget overruns, excessive management attention, and unmet business expectations. This is often due to ineffective collaboration between technical and data specialty teams. While better communication seems like the obvious solution, how do team members communicate about risks and requirements that may not be visible to them? The DGI Data Governance Communications Guide addresses these issues by highlighting “invisible” data-related risks and identifying groups responsible for managing them. It also offers questions to unveil “hidden” data-related requirements for the entire project team.

Data Governance Communications Guide

Data Governance Basics

Your guide to the basics of Data Governance including Definitions, Goals and Principles, Roles and Responsibilities, our Glossary, and more. We further expound on these ideas in our popular Practical Guidance blog series. Learn more…

Online Training Center

The Online Training Center covers a wide variety of Data Governance and Data Management topics through individual courses and learning plans from world-class instructors. Expand your skill set through new material or brush up on the basics with self-paced learning, on-demand and live options, and unlimited course access. And don’t forget to use code DGI to save 10% on registration. Learn more…

Join the DGI

Members of the world-renowned Data Governance Institute gain access to our exclusive learning materials. Members enrich their skill set through deep-dives on communications, program implementation assessments, discounts on training and events, and more. Learn more…

    Benefits of Membership in the DGI

    Membership in the world-renowned Data Governance Institute

    Unlimited access to member-exclusive content and learning materials

    Discounts on virtual live and on-demand training

    Discounts for virtual and in-person conferences and events worldwide

    Featured Event

    Join us at The Data Governance & Information Quality Conference (DGIQ), June 3 – 7, 2024 in San Diego, CA. This event is fully endorsed and highly recommended by the DGI.

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    Featured Event

    We’re excited to be partnering with this year’s CDO Europe Exchange – the leading, annual, invitation-only event that brings together 70 leaders in the data and analytics space over the course of two days to network and learn about the data world’s most important issues. June 10 – 11, 2024 at Munich Airport Marriott, Freising, Germany

    Attendance is free for qualifying attendees!

    Practical Guidance Series

    This blog series, Practical Guidance, is a wealth of knowledge on data strategy, data governance, and realizing value from information assets. Categories include: Getting Started, Organizations and Accountabilities, Processes and Alignments, and Focus Areas.

    Stakeholder Conversations

    Wanna keep your job? Working in Data Governance means doing a lot of conflict management work, so we have to learn to say what we mean but not necessarily the first thing that pops into our heads. Check out these cartoons to learn some “diplomatic” phrases that may serve you well. Read more…

    Quotes

    As a Data Governance or Stewardship leader, you do a lot of talking, right? And you’d like to be profound sometimes – or clever, or learned, or at least not tongue-tied… Browse our collections below to find the perfect quote to inspire your team, wow your bosses and make you the standout at any conference! Read more…

    Focus Areas for Data Governance: Privacy, Compliance, Security

    This type of program typically comes into existence because of concerns about Data Information Security controls, or compliance. Compliance, in this context, may refer to regulatory compliance, contractual compliance, or compliance with internal requirements.This...

    Focus Areas for Data Governance: Management Alignment

    This type of program typically comes into existence when managers find it difficult to make “routine” data-related management decisions because of their potential effect on operations or compliance efforts.Managers may realize they need to come together to make...

    Governance Communications

    At a Data Governance Conference in Orlando, Florida (USA), a group of managers of successful Data Governance programs reached a startling consensus: They agreed that Data Governance is actually somewhere between 80 and 95% communications!How can this be? They said...

    Focus Areas for Data Governance: Data Warehouses and Business Intelligence (BI)

    This type of program typically comes into existence in conjunction with a specific data warehouse, data mart, or BI tool. These types of efforts require tough data-related decisions, so organizations often implement governance to help make initial decisions, to...