Abstract
Implementing data governance is not rocket science. However, it does involve a significant amount of effort, time, investment, and cultural change. Data governance is an ongoing endeavor and has several angles to it. Hence, implementing and sustaining the initiative can be challenging and time consuming. Data governance implementation in organizations is fraught with challenges and perceptions. It is important to understand the data governance perceptions, the barriers and challenges faced in the implementation of data governance programs, and the factors critical to ensure its success. This chapter discusses the data governance failure statistics and reasons. Challenges, perceptions, key factors and some do’s and don’ts of data governance, tips and lessons learnt to help organizations to avoid some common failure traps and be successful in the implementation of data governance are also discussed in this chapter. Some of the key factors will be discussed in greater detail in the subsequent chapters.
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