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Data Governance

The framework of policies, processes, roles and controls used to manage data throughout its lifecycle.

Definition

Data Governance is the organizational framework that defines how information is created, maintained, controlled, secured and used across the enterprise. It establishes ownership, standards, responsibilities, quality requirements and decision-making processes to ensure that engineering and operational data remains accurate, consistent and trustworthy throughout its lifecycle.

Why It Matters

Data Governance provides accountability for enterprise information and enables consistent, high-quality asset data that supports engineering, operations and business decision-making.

In Practice

A Data Governance framework typically defines data owners, data stewards, quality rules, naming standards, validation procedures, change management processes and compliance requirements.

Common Misuse

Data Governance establishes how information is managed, while Data Quality measures the condition of that information and Data Validation verifies compliance with defined rules.

Term Details
Synonyms:
Data Governance; Data Stewardship; Data Ownership; Data Standards
Classification:
Industrial Data & Analytics
Methodology
Intermediate
Applications

Industrial Data & Analytics; Asset Information Management; Digital Engineering.

Where It's Used

Master data management.; Data quality improvement.; Information standards.; Asset information governance.; Digital transformation.

References

ISO 8000; DAMA-DMBOK

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