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Visual Maps 1–4

Map 1 — Oversight vs execution

Data Governance
authority • control • decision rights • policy • monitoring • enforcement
                  │ directs / oversees
                  ▼
Data Management
operational execution across the Data Management functions

Rebuild rule: arrow means “governs/oversees,” not “does all work.”


Map 2 — Governance organization layers

Steering Committee
highest authority • funding • executive support
        ↓
Data Governance Council
initiatives • policy/metrics • issues/escalation
        ↓
Data Governance Office
ongoing definitions/standards/owner-steward coordination
        ↓
Stewardship Teams
subject-area/project collaboration
        ↓
optional Local Governance

Caution: Figure 16 is a generic operating model, not a mandatory reporting org chart.


Map 3 — Operating model types

CENTRALIZED
[one DG organization] → all subject areas

REPLICATED
[unit A: same model]   [unit B: same model]   [unit C: same model]
(no decisive central coordination clue)

FEDERATED
             [enterprise DG coordination]
              ↙        ↓        ↘
          [unit A]  [unit B]  [unit C]
         local participation + shared consistency

Memory: One / Repeat / Coordinate.


Map 4 — Stewardship role family

Chief Data Steward → enterprise governance leadership / possible chair or virtual CDO
Executive Steward  → senior manager on DGC
Enterprise Steward → domain oversight across business functions
Data Owner          → final business-domain decision accountability
Business Steward    → business SME; meaning/rules/subset control
Technical Steward   → technical Knowledge Area expertise
Coordinating Steward→ leads/represents steward teams

Exam three-way: Owner decides; Business Steward defines/controls meaning; Technical Steward implements/supports.

Source anchors: pp. 74–79; Figures 15–17; Table 4.

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