DAMA - DMBOK

Who chairs the Data Governance Council?

A business executive (Chief Data Steward) may formally chair the council, in partnership with the DM Executive and Data Stewardship Facilitators responsible for council participation, communication, meeting preparation, meeting agendas, issues etc.

Who sits on the Executive Data Steward?

A role held by a senior manager sitting on the Data Governance council.

Who is a Data Architect?

A senior data analyst responsible for data architecture and data integration.

Who is responsible for coordinating data governance and stewardship activities?

Business Analyst

Who are the consumers of Data Management?

Consumers of data management deliverables in general include Clerical Workers, Knowledge Workers, Managers, Executives, and Customers.

Who holds the highest-level manager of Data Management Services organizations in an IT department?

Data Management Executive

Who is responsible for data model version control and change control?

Data Model Administrator

Who is responsible for determining the fitness of data for use?

Data Quality Analyst

What are the functions and activities of Data Architecture?

Defining the data needs of the enterprise, and designing the master blueprints to meet those needs. This function includes the development and maintenance of enterprise data architecture, within the context of all enterprise architecture, and its connection with the application system solutions and projects that implement enterprise architecture.

What are the functions and activities of Data Development?

Designing, implementing, and maintaining solutions to meet the data needs of the enterprise. The data-focused activities within the system development lifecycle (SDLC), including data modeling, data requirements analysis, and design, implementation, and maintenance of databases' data-related solution components.

What are inputs?

Inputs are the tangible things that each function needs to initiate its activities. Inputs for data management in general include Business Strategy, Business Activity, IT Activity, and Data Issues.

Data Management

Is a function that is also known as a high-level business process. It consists of - The planning and execution of Policies, practices, and projects that Acquire, control, protect, deliver, and enhance the value of Data and information assets

Data Governance Council

Is the primary and highest authority organization for data Governance in an organization.

Which metrics are included in Data Management?

Metrics for data management include Data Value metrics, Data Quality Metrics, and Data Management program metrics.

What are participants?

Participants are involved in the data management process, although not necessarily directly or with accountability.

What are the functions and activities of Data Operations Management?

Planning, control and support for structured data assets across the data lifecycle, from creation and acquisition through archival and purge.

Data Security Management functions & activities

Planning, development, execution of security policies and procedures to provide proper authentication, authorization, access and auditing of data and information.

Data Quality Management

Planning, implementation, and control activities that apply quality management techniques to measure, assess, improve, and ensure the fitness of data for use.

Meta-data Management

Planning, implementation, and control activities to enable easy access to high quality, integrated meta-data.

Reference and Master Data Management

Planning, implementation, and control activities to ensure consistency with a "golden version" of contextual data values.

Document and Content Management

Planning, implementation, and control activities to store, protect, and access data found within electronic files and physical records (including text, graphics, images, audio, and video).

Data Warehousing and Business Intelligence Management

Planning, implementation, and control process to provide decision support data and support for knowledge workers engaged in reporting, query and analysis.

What are the tools?

Several tools are used by multiple functions. Tools for data management in general include Data Modeling Tools, Database Management Systems, Data Integration and Quality Tools, Business Intelligence Tools, Document Management Tools, and Meta-data Repository Tools.

What does Suppliers do?

Suppliers are the entities responsible for supplying inputs for the activities. Suppliers for data management in general include Executives, Data Creators, External Sources, and Regulatory Bodies.

What are the functions and activities of Data Governance?

The exercise of authority and control (planning, monitoring, and enforcement) over the management of data assets. Data Governance is high-level planning and control over data management.

What is the mission of data management function?

The mission of the data management function is to meet and exceed the information needs of all the stakeholders in the enterprise in terms of information availability, security, and quality.

What are the primary deliverables?

The primary deliverables for Data Management in general include Data Strategy, Data Architecture, Data Services, Databases and Data, Information, Knowledge and Wisdom.

Who is responsible for Enterprise Data Architect?

The senior data architect responsible for developing, maintaining, and leveraging the enterprise data model.