Real-World Data Governance: Metadata to Empower Data Stewards - Introducing the Idea of the OMS

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Robert S. SeinerKIK Consulting & Educational Services – KIKconsulting.com

The Data Administration Newsletter – TDAN.com

Real-World Data GovernanceMetadata to Empower Data Stewards:

Introducing the Idea of the OMS

Monthly Webinar Series Hosted by DataversityRobert S. Seiner – KIK Consulting / TDAN.com

July 17, 2014 – 2:00 p.m. EST



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• Real-World Data Governance – Monthly Webinar Series

– Third Thursday of Each Month – 2pm EST

– August 21, 2014 – Navigating the Ocean of Data Governance Tools

– September 18, 2014 – Data Governance and Metadata Best Practices

– Register On-Line at DATAVERSITY.Net

Real-World Data GovernanceUpcoming Webinars



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• Non-Invasive Data Governance:The Path of Least Resistance and Greatest Success– ISBN 9781935504856 / Technics Publishing – Projected for September 1, 2014

• KIKConsulting.comNew Home of Non-Invasive Data Governance™– Jeremy Seiner (Nephew) Designer – Live June 1, 2014

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– Jersey City, New Jersey – September 29-30, 2014

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Real-World Data GovernanceWhat’s New?



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• Internationally recognized expert and speaker in the fields of enterpriseinformation management, data modeling, meta data management and datawarehousing, one of the top industry experts in data governance andinformation management strategy and planning

• Principal Consultant, Alabama Yankee Systems, LLC.• Published numerous articles that have been featured in some of the industry’s

most prestigious magazines and newsletters• Contributing Author – DAMA Body of Knowledge (DAMA-DMBoK)• Contributing Columnist – The Data Administration Newsletter (TDAN.com)• Has taught at several institutions of higher learning including LaSalle University

and Southern New Hampshire University• Holds certifications in CDMP / CBIP and has

earned a Ph.D. in Management Information Systems

Real-World Data GovernanceSpecial Guest – Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D.



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Metadata to Empower Data StewardsAbstract

• Metadata is the most valuable tool of the Data Steward. Where thestewards get their metadata and how they participate in the process ofdelivering core metadata is an issue organizations have been struggling withfor years. The Operational Metadata Store or OMS may be the answer.

• The traditional Operational Data Store or ODS is a database designedto integrate data from numerous sources that supports business operationsand then feeds that data back into the operational systems. This Real-WorldData Governance webinar with Bob Seiner and Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. willdiscuss the practicality of creating the ODS using metadata as the data,utilizing the metadata from a variety of existing sources to operationalizeyour data stewards.



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Metadata to Empower Data StewardsAbstract

• The session will focus on:

– Identifying the most significant metadata for your organization.

– Identifying sources of metadata - known and hidden.

– Identifying where metadata will be useful to your data stewards.

– Defining a lifecycle that encourages data steward participation.

– Delivering a model that incorporates all of the above.



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• Metadata

– Data about Data.

– Data recorded in IT tools that improves the business and technicalunderstanding of the definition, production and usage of data.

Metadata to Empower Data StewardsDefinitions



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• Metadata

– Data

– Recorded in IT tools

– Improves the business and technical

– Understanding

– Definition, production and usage of data




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• Data Governance

– Data Governance is the Execution and Enforcement of Authority Overthe Definition, Production and Usage of Data and Data-RelatedResources.

• Data Steward

– A Data Steward is a person with Formalized Accountability for theDefinition, Production and Usage of Data and Data-Related Resources.

• Typical Client-Style Definition of Data Governance

– Data Governance is the Formalization of Behavior through repeatableprocesses for managing data as it progresses throughout the Lifecycle.




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• Non-Invasive Data Governance™

– The practice of:

• applying formal accountability & behavior

• through a non-invasive framework of roles & responsibilities

• to existing and / or new processes

• to assure that the definition, production & usage of data

• guarantee regulatory compliance, security, privacy, protection & quality.

– Non-Invasive describes how governance is applied to assurenon-threatening management of valuable data assets.

– The goal is to be transparent, supportive, collaborative.




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We are talking about empowering Data Stewards … who are they?

Discuss this versus Bob’s “everybody who defines, produces, uses data is a datasteward (and therefore accountable)” approach.

– Who is a Data Steward?

– How do the Data Stewards needs differ?

– What Metadata do data stewards want / need most?

– How do we figure that out?

Metadata to Empower Data StewardsQuestions for Anne Marie



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In your experience what is the most significant metadata that organizations define,produce and use to empower the data stewards?

– Data Definition / Quality Metadata

– Data Production Metadata

– Data Usage Metadata

– Data Governance Metadata

– Process Workflow Metadata

– Risk Management & Rule Metadata

– Operational Management Metadata

– Data Analysis Metadata




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Where does that metadata reside and do organizations pay enough attention to thequality and availability of that metadata?












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Of that metadata, which is the most useful to data stewards?












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When is that metadata useful?

– Where will the Data Stewards want Metadata?

– What Metadata will the Data Stewards want?

– Where will that Metadata be collected?

– Where will the Data Stewards access the metadata?




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How can we encourage data stewards to get involved in the process of defining,producing and using metadata into an OMS?

How will this improve the management and governance of the metadata?

– Build metadata activity into the process

– Be clear in the metadata expectations for each step of process

– Be clear in the Data Steward expectations for each step of process

– Provide easy metadata collection, validation, retrieval points

– Monitor / Report actual metadata performance / usage

– Reward for metadata performance




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What might an Operational Metadata Store (OMS) look like?

“Implementing an enterprise metadata repository is likeimplementing a data warehouse; replacing data with metadata.”

“And it might be more difficult to create an enterprise metadata repositorybecause of the quality of the metadata in the first place.”

Robert S. Seiner

Metadata to Empower Data StewardsOperational Metadata Store



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Metadata to Empower Data StewardsOperational Metadata Store Model



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• The Enterprise Data Steward is

Responsible forgathering data documentation.


GATHER EDM AND/OR DATA

DOCUMENTATION AND

DESCRIBE POTENTIAL SOLUTIONS

ENTERPRISE DATA

STEWARD / COORD

(TACTICAL)

R

What GoesHere?



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• Purpose:

– Gather EDM and Data Documentation

• Responsible Party:

– Enterprise Data Steward

• Minimal Metadata Requirement:

– Define metadata to be collected

– Define where metadata will be collected

– Define the standard for metadata collection

– Define how metadata collection will be enforced and add value

– Measure metadata collected, stored, retrieved, value




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• Real-World Data Governance – Monthly Webinar Series – 2pm EST

– August 21, 2014 – Navigating the Ocean of Data Governance Tools

– September 18, 2014 – Data Governance and Metadata Best Practices

– Register On-Line at DATAVERSITY.net

Metadata to Empower Data StewardsUpcoming Webinars



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• Definitions

• Metadata to Empower Data Stewards

– Most Significant Metadata

– Sources of Metadata

– Where Metadata will be Useful

– Lifecycle that Encourages

– Operational Metadata Store Model

Metadata to Empower Data StewardsFinal Summary



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• Robert S. Seiner

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Real-World Data Governance: Metadata to Empower Data Stewards - Introducing the Idea of the OMS