Here are the upcoming Data Governance & Stewardship Community of Practice events. Usually, most of these will be limited to club members, however, for a very limited time DGS-COP is holding an open house. All of these, including the very limited in attendance Knowledge Exchange events, will be open to non-members as well as members. We are urging, if you have an interest in the subject material and want to participate in these interactive and intimate events, register early.
Data Governance Leaders As Third-Siders: Their Roles In Resolving Data-Related Issues
Friday, Oct 17, 2008, 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM
In every argument, we say there are two sides. But when the argument is about enterprise data, it's important to remember that there is also a third side: the point of view of the enterprise as a whole.
Data Governance facilitators are often called to represent the Third Side (a term coined by conflict resolution guru William Ury) as they help business and technology groups resolve issues about how to structure, store, standardize, move, transform, display, share, or use enterprise information.
Join Data Governance Institute President Gwen Thomas as she presents twelve distinct Third Sider roles and techniques that Data Governance facilitators can use as they help resolve data-related issues in peaceful, productive, and politically-neutral manners.
Funding Data Governance and Stewardship (Session B)
Wednesday, Oct 22, 2008, 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM
This event is a DGS-COP Knowledge Exchange. It is an interactive event, attendance is limited to 22 participants. We highly recommend that prospective participants register early.
There are several common models for funding the initial implementation of Data Governance and Stewardship programs. Likewise, there are several models for funding the ongoing efforts of Data Stewards, and different approaches for funding the analysis of data-related issues and the projects and efforts that address those issues.
Data Governance Institute President Gwen Thomas leads this discussion of funding models. She'll start by introducing common models, then ask participants to contribute their experiences, tips, and lessons learned.
This will be an interactive session with chat and online slides as well as phone conversation, so it will be limited to 22 participants.
Data Governance Principles (2 Sessions)
Monday, Oct 27, 2008, 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM
Tuesday, Oct 28, 2008, 9:00 AM until 10:00 AM - This session is optimized for European time zones.
This event is a DGS-COP Knowledge Exchange. It is an interactive event, attendance is limited to 22 participants. We highly recommend that prospective participants register early.
It's one thing to say that Data Governance decisions should be driven by principles. It's another to present those principles clearly, concisely, and in a manner that makes your participants want to buy into them. In this session, we ask you all to provide examples of guiding principles that have been successful in your organization.
Data Governance Institute President Gwen Thomas will kick off the discussion by providing a dozen statements that she's seen make a difference when stakeholders were looking for values and philosophies to guide their decision-making. Then she'll ask participants to contribute other principles (such as "All enterprise Master Data entities shall be assigned a Data Steward) along with stories about how this principle has helped them.
This will be an interactive session with chat and online slides as well as phone conversation, so it will be limited to 22 participants. We'll use the results of this session to publish a "best of" list and to present that in a follow-up session open to more people.
Data Governance and Change Management (Session B)
Thursday, Oct 30, 2008, 11:00 AM until 12:00 PM
This event is a DGS-COP Knowledge Exchange. It is an interactive event, attendance is limited to 22 participants. We highly recommend that prospective participants register early.
Most organizations have formal Change Management (or at least Change Control) in place for foundational technology, applications, and even code. But what about data? It's rare to have formal, mature Change Management in place for the structure and values of reference data and master data. And yet, without Change Management, efforts to sustainable quality for master data may be doomed.
Join a discussion about best practices for Data Change Management. We'll talk about the scope of such efforts, how they're facilitated and documented, and how to start and sustain them.
This will be an interactive session with chat and online slides as well as phone conversation, so it will be limited to 22 participants. We'll use the results of this session to publish a "best of" list and to present that in a follow-up session open to more people.
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