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Data Governance Conference
Tutorials
Monday June 25, 2007
Morning
Tutorials
Effective
Governance for Business Leaders
John Ladley
Director, Navigant Consulting
Most
of the burden for ensuring the success of governance falls on business
users of information. They must learn to be stewards, owners, and
change agents while still accomplishing their day-to-day responsibilities.
Many information management and governance initiatives originate
in business areas, but the mechanics and realities of "post
governance design" need to be fully understood before real
change occurs. A solid business case, on going measures, and a change
management based sustaining strategy is called for. This tutorial
will cover the basic concepts and steps for business participants
to understand how to make governance a successful business project.
Topics
covered include:
· Understanding the newest business drivers and value propositions
· Taking a business case or value proposition and creating
metrics to monitor governance success
· Defining and implementing the proper organization roles,
functions and change agents, including stewardship and ownership
that actually works
· Managing organizational change towards governance; Change
management and facilitation are Critical Success Factors This section
will cover a detailed change management approach to sustain governance
Demonstrating the Value of Data Governance Using a Formal Framework
Gwen Thomas
President, Data Governance Institute
&
Pamela Hulse
Director, Data Governance and Compliance
Wolters Kluwer Health
This
workshop provides a structured approach to measuring and communicating
the value of Data Governance. Using a Data Governance Framework
as a base, it looks at the 10 most common focus areas of governance
and their unique value propositions. Then, using real examples and
lessons learned from the successful Wolters Kluwer Data Governance
Program, it steps you through building corresponding value statements,
success measures, impact statements, funding requests, and reporting.
Participants will learn to:
· Map governance programs, projects, and activities to three
universal mandates
· Define actionable goals, metrics, and success measures
· Develop value propositions that can stand alone to justify
funding or be used to piggy-back on already-funded efforts
· Gather support for business and IT involvement
· Create and execute a communication plan to share your message
with diverse audience groups, at the right level of detail, at the
right time.
Business
Intelligence and Governance
Jonathan Geiger
Vice President, Intelligent Solutions
Business intelligence (BI) requires an enterprise-wide perspective
and collaboration by business and IT groups throughout the organization.
BI governance addresses these needs. Business Intelligence Governance
includes the business sponsorship and steering committee for establishing
direction and monitoring progress, establishment and monitoring
service level expectations, creation and enforcement of guiding
principles, and management of the total value of ownership associated
with providing and leveraging actionable information to ensure that
the company continuously receives business value.
Topics covered include:
· BI and governance basics
· Working with the business
· Obtaining sponsorship
· How to establish service legal agreements
· How to start an effective business intelligence governance
program
Afternoon
Tutorials
The Stewardship Approach to Data Governance: Let's Be Practical
Robert S. Seiner
President, KIK Consulting & Educational Services and Publisher
TDAN.com
Robert S. Seiner has developed a practical and "non-invasive"
approach to implementing Data Governance Programs. We have all heard
the expression "Government by the People, For the People".
This approach applies that statement for Data Governance by leveraging
existing strengths of people in-the-know and focusing on applying
data discipline to the existing culture and processes of the organization.
This approach helps the "de-facto" data stewards of the
organization to become more effective and efficient in their role.
The
tutorial will focus on:
·
A Practical and "Non-Invasive" Approach to Delivering
Successful Data Governance
· Designing a Program that Can Be Molded to Fit the Culture
of Your Organization
· Data Governance & Stewardship Organizational Design,
Placement and Support
· Effective Use of the Tools of Data Governance & Data
Stewardship
Many companies insert the data governance discipline into their
organizations rather than apply data governance to the existing
culture. Trying to change how your organization "does what
it does" is a difficult and very involved task. Since the discipline
of data governance is new (in name and in practice) at most organizations,
the "non-invasive" approach discussed is this workshop
will help you to gain the support and involvement of the true data
stewards.
Throughout this session, Bob Seiner shares his valuable "lessons
learned" from many large corporations and government entities
through interactive and lively discussion.
Developing an Infrastructure for Governance
Anne Marie Smith
Principal Consultant, EWSolutions
Infrastructure
for governance requires an understanding of the many facets of governance:
data, information technology, processes, metadata, people - all
of these must be aligned and working in concert to create and maintain
a governance-oriented enterprise. Some of the most important aspects
are the development and implementation of certain practices and
processes to launch and continue any governance program
This
workshop will present the key points in defining the foundational
items necessary in an organization's infrastructure for governance,
the main ways to incorporate a governance perspective into an established
culture, identify and create some of the essential items for any
governance program and will discuss some cases to illustrate the
learning objectives. The attendee will create a project charter,
scope, high-level project plan, giving them useable artifacts for
their governance program
Anticipating and Communicating Change in Data Governance Initiatives
Maureen Clarry
President and CEO, CONNECT: The Knowledge Network
Business
organizations and data governance initiatives exist in an environment
of on-going change that create challenges for data governance initiatives.
Organizational silos yield data silos and cross-functional collaboration
and communication become significant issues for data governance
success. Many of these organizational and individual patterns of
communication and reaction to change can be accurately predicted
and more effectively managed by understanding organizational dynamics
and interpersonal change styles. Although there is frequently conflict
between different perspectives in implementing data governance processes,
the possibility exists for great synergy if people are more aware
of underlying organizational system patterns and individual change
styles.
Topics
covered include:
· Organizational patterns that contribute to data governance
success
· Organizational patterns that inhibit data governance success
· Individual styles that predict reactions to change
· Strategies for anticipating and communicating changes
· Improving communication in data governance
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