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Linking Data Governance to Business Goals

Precisely

Despite that understanding, many organizations lack a clear framework for organizing, managing, and governing their valuable data assets. In many cases, that realization prompts executive leaders to create a data governance program within their company. In many organizations, that simply isn’t the case.

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Which Team Should Own Data Quality?

Towards Data Science

Specialists or generalists? We examine which team structures are the best suited for efficiently improving data quality. Sure, data quality is everyones’ problem. Why is data quality ownership important? It’s typically posed in a version of, “Why does it matter who owns data quality as long as it gets done?”

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Data Architect: Role Description, Skills, Certifications and When to Hire

AltexSoft

In the EU, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) sets guidelines for collecting, storing, and processing personal information. This privacy law must be kept in mind when building data architecture. It defines metrics and best practices to ensure data quality as well as data privacy and security.

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Data Stewards Have The Worst Seat At The Table

Monte Carlo

From the start, the data steward role was heavily intertwined with data governance and metadata management. However, stewards also took on leadership across initiatives designed to tame the “5 v’s” of big data: volume, value, variety, velocity, and veracity. Data governance initiatives can collapse under their own weight.

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Data Mesh Architecture: Revolutionizing Event Streaming with Striim

Striim

” and “what is the best way to structure the data?” In a recent McKinsey survey, organizations reported spending up to 80% of their data analytics project time on repetitive data pipeline setup, which ultimately slowed down the productivity of their data teams.