Lesson 9 — Organizational, Executive, and Business Roles
Organizational roles
An organizational role describes where a capability or service is located. A centralized IT Data Management Services organization might contain architecture, administration, Data Quality, metadata, modeling, integration, security, and BI. A federated arrangement may distribute those same functions across units. Hybrid combinations are common.
The key is not the label. It is how the operating model places capability and accountability.
Executive roles
Chapter 16 recognizes executive leadership on either the business or technology side. It names CIO, CTO, and CDO, with the CDO as a prominent business-side data role.
Do not confuse: - CDO: standing enterprise data strategy/ambassador role; - Executive sponsor: champion/authority for a specific transition or improvement effort.
A CDO can be the sponsor, but the concepts are not identical.
Data Steward
A Data Steward is usually a recognized business SME accountable for metadata and Data Quality expectations for assigned data.
Common activities include: - business terms and valid values; - DQ requirements and business rules; - issue resolution; - input to standards, policies, and procedures.
Stewardship may exist at enterprise, BU, or functional level and may be formal or informal. A person can perform stewardship while holding a different job title.
Business Process Analysts / Process Architects
These roles help ensure process models and the processes that create data are sound and support downstream uses.
Other knowledge workers
Many people contribute to Data Management by creating, accessing, manipulating, interpreting, or adding meaning to data even if they do not hold formal governance or Data Management titles.
Source anchor: Chapter 16, pp. 537–538.