
Data is everything and powers everything we do in our day to day lives. Data is everywhere and anything can be turned into data. With technology advancing as fast as we have seen during the last 10 to 20 years, the importance of data should be catching the attention of everybody, and this is why it is important to have an understanding of data quality and data usability. Data governance ensures that data is usable, accessible and protected. Effective data governance leads to better data analytics, which in turn leads to better decision making and improved operations support. Data Stewardship is an important aspect of data governance.
The Data Stewardship Crash Course is the opening door into the world of Data Governance and Data Stewardship. The course covers the main foundational principles of both Data Governance and Data Stewardship and guide you through key definitions, key guidelines, key objectives, simple framework, and recommendations for Data Governance implementation in the organization.
By the end of the course, the student should:
- Have gained a clear understanding about Data Stewardship and its role in Data Governance, as well as its key goals.
- Have an understanding of how a data governance program office is structured and its key components and responsibilities.
Data is everything and everything is data. Data enables businesses to predict trends, identify opportunities, and stay ahead of the competition by providing a better understanding of consumer behavior and market trends before they actually occur. This lectures takes you into a journey across the importance of data and highlights the criticality of having good data across the organization in order for businesses to grow.
This lecture will give the student a clear and accepted definition and understanding of what Data Governance is.
Some core principles are inherent in Data Governance and drive Data Stewardship. Data cannot be managed properly unless the principles discussed in this lecture are followed.
This lecture will give the student a clear and accepted definition and understanding of what Data Stewardship is.
In this lecture we look at what makes "good" data stewardship and what objectives should a Data Stewardship program strive for.
In a governed data environment, several aspects of the data are known. This lecture will look into some instances of a governed data environment.
To have effective Data Governance and Data Stewardship, the three P's are needed. This lecture looks at these and builds up the knowledge to cover the remaining lectures of this course.
It is probably clear by now that an overall Data Governance effort involves several levels as well as some organizational support. A Data Governance Program can be organized in a variety of ways, but this lectures shows a fairly simple framework that works well in most companies.
This is a sum up of the discussed points through the previous lectures and a confirmation of the knowledge gained up to this point.
Welcome to the Data Stewardship crash course series. This course is the first of several series and we are going to cover the key aspects of data governance and data stewardship, starting with definitions and moving on to a Data Governance Program Office framework/setup.
When working with data, there are numerous challenges that need to be overcome, including the fact that Data does not explain itself and someone is needed to ensure that data is not just explained, but maintained. Someone must interpret the data, including what it means, how to use it correctly, and how to determine whether the data is of good quality or not.
Data is shared and used by many people for a variety of purposes. So, finding ownership and accountability for the data can be a challenge, in particular when the data is inaccurate.
This course will give you the needed knowledge regarding data, its importance, and how to manage it.
To ensure the best learning experience, each lesson is accompanied by a quiz to help ensure that the most important topics are really understood and learned.
This course series is open to students within all levels of knowledge of Data Governance, from total beginner to advanced. This particular course series is more of an introduction to the topic, but we believe that even for an advanced data practitioner, the course brings value. The subsequent series will touch more advanced topics which may be of more interest for advanced level data practitioners, but taking all the series will ensure no gaps in knowledge.