Prepare your governance project

The role of the catalog, data maturity, governance use cases and the business case.

4 articles

Building a Business Case for Your Data Governance

How to build a data governance use case from three questions (why, what, for whom), with example questions, personas, and a one-page checklist.

Assessing Your Organization's Data Maturity

DataGalaxy's catalog maturity model: two axes (asset and cultural maturity), five levels from anarchy to governance 2.0, how to assess your level with a scored survey, and how to use the results.

Identifying Your Data Governance Use Cases

Why use cases matter for a governance project: defensive versus offensive projects, direct and indirect gains, two ways to demonstrate value, and matching use cases to the organization's maturity.

Role of the Catalog for Data Governance

Why a data catalog is the foundation of data governance: the knowledge challenge, how DataGalaxy answers it with a 360° view built from four questions, and the use cases it supports.