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Visual Maps 5–8

Map 5 — Principle to execution

Principle → Policy → Standard → Procedure
 belief     directive   measure/rule   method/steps

Meaning of arrow: increasing operational specificity, not a strict one-to-one chain.


Map 6 — Build & embed logic

Business problem / drivers
→ readiness + discovery/alignment
→ strategy + operating framework
→ change management + issue/compliance mechanisms
→ standards / glossary / architecture / valuation implementation
→ embed / monitor / measure / fund / improve
↺ iterate / tailor

Label this explicitly as a study synthesis, not a new DAMA-prescribed waterfall.


Map 7 — Issue escalation narrows upward

Stewardship / local / business-unit level
████████████████████████████████  ~80–85% illustrative
                  ↓ unresolved / strategic
Data Governance Council
██████                            <20% illustrative
                  ↓ unresolved / enterprise strategic
Steering Committee
█                                 <5% illustrative

Lesson: solve at the lowest appropriate level; progressively fewer issues escalate. Percentages are illustrative, not quotas.


Map 8 — Behavior first, tools support

             GOVERNANCE CAPABILITY
 authority • accountability • policy • stewardship
 culture • decision rights • issue paths • measurement

supporting tools around it:
website | Business Glossary | workflow | document management | scorecards

Tools support/enables; they do not create governance authority.

Source anchors: pp. 79, 81–95; Figure 20.

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