by k. nevala

best practices

T H O U G H T P R O V O K I N G B U S I N E S S

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2010 projects

2014 projects

2011projects

2012projects

2013projects

everythingelse

“responsibility without authority”

“one size fits all”

“volunteerism”

“adversity to change”

“everyone for everything”

“execution by tribal knowledge”

“doing, not enabling”

“data for data’s sake”

“incomplete execution”

“the academic approach” “unclear accountability”

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October 28th, 2014

✔ Plan for the Plan.

✔ Pilot New Roles and Processes.

✔ Avoid Second Day Jobs.

✔ Right-Size Decision Making.

✔ Embed DG Into Existing Processes.

✔ Enforce Operational Authority.

✔ Practice Positive Promotion. (Image Matters)

✔ Measure Business Outcomes. Not Data.

✔ Reward Improvement. Not Perfection.

✔ Let Business Strategy Drive Data Strategy.

a final thought:

governance should EMPOWER.

not control.

the best programs create the playing

field and guardrails that promote

productive, beneficial behaviors and

outcomes.

kimberly nevala

Kimberly Nevala is the Director of Business Strategies for SAS Best Practices. She is re-sponsible for industry education, key client strategies, and market analysis in the areas of business intelligence and analytics, data gov-ernance, and master data management. She is the co-author of the first eBook on data governance, The Data Governance eBook:  Morals, Maps and Mechanics.

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