Roles, Operating Models & Artifacts — Fast Discrimination
Governance bodies
| If the stem says… |
Think… |
| highest executive authority, release funding, top sponsorship |
Steering Committee |
| governance initiative/policy/metrics, escalated issue |
DGC |
| ongoing coordination of definitions, standards, owners/stewards |
DGO |
| subject-area/project working collaboration |
Stewardship Team |
Stewardship roles
| Clue |
Role |
| domain business decision accountability |
Data Owner |
| business SME; subset meaning/rules/definition |
Business Data Steward |
| technical KA professional |
Technical Data Steward |
| senior manager on DGC |
Executive Data Steward |
| domain oversight across functions |
Enterprise Data Steward |
| leads/represents steward teams |
Coordinating Data Steward |
| high-level/possible chair or virtual CDO |
Chief Data Steward |
Operating models
- Centralized: one governance organization.
- Replicated: same model/standards independently repeated by units.
- Federated: central coordination maintains consistency across participating/autonomous units.
Control artifacts
- Principle: foundational belief/guidance.
- Policy: what must/must not happen.
- Standard: authoritative measurable conformance rule.
- Procedure: how/steps.
- Business Glossary: agreed business meaning plus related Metadata/context.
Strategy package
- Charter: WHY — drivers/vision/mission/principles/success context.
- Operating Framework: WHO/HOW — structure/accountabilities/interactions/issues.
- Implementation Roadmap: WHEN — rollout/time/dependencies.
- Operational-Success Plan: STAY — sustainable ongoing governance.
Readiness vs Discovery
- Readiness: can the organization adopt/change/collaborate/alignment capacity?
- Discovery: what practices/problems/risks/benefits must governance address and why?
OCM vs Communication
Communication delivers messages. Organizational Change Management changes and sustains behavior through sponsorship, stakeholder work, training, feedback, incentives/KPIs, process integration and reinforcement.
Issue vs Compliance
- Broad governance conflict/conformance/ownership/quality issue → Issue Management.
- Specific external obligation, required evidence/control/monitoring/remediation → Compliance Assessment.
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