Data Intelligence Program - Culture and Literacy

Stewardship Roles

Executive Sponsor(s) The Data Intelligence Program Executive Sponsor(s) provides executive oversight and budgetary/resource approval for the Data Intelligence Program and associated Data Governance initiatives. Council Member (Data Intelligence Center of Excellence Members – DICE) The Data Intelligence Center of Excellence Council Member acts as a senior contributing member with influence over budget, resources and strategy across data resources (people, process, technology, procedure). Business Owner (Data Ownership Committee Members – DOC) The Business Owner has responsibility for the functionality and use of the data, at the community operational level and a stake in ensuring that the data is properly defined and used systemwide. Business Owners are generally leaders/managers. As the bridge between the Data Intelligence Center of Excellence (DICE) and their data community, the Business Owner has ultimate accountability for the data in their community. As such, the Business Owner has ultimate authority for decisions relating to that data, including enforcement of and adherence to those decisions. Data Custodian (Data Custodian Community) As a curator for enterprise data, the Data Custodian is the main point of contact for Business Owners to resolve issues (data). The Data Custodian represents the business and technology focus in the overall Governance Program at the data community level. They help drive issue resolution across different organization constituencies. This person must be influential and respected within their data community. Business Steward (Data Steward Group Members) Provide oversight of an organization's data assets to help provide business users with high- quality data that is easily accessible in a consistent manner. This position involves a clear understanding of data and regulations around the usage. This person should have deep understanding of the business process and the application or system. Technical Steward (Data Steward Group Members) Provide application advice and counsel for the applications, interfaces and technical infrastructure. Ensure the application conforms to the Business Steward/Technical Steward’s requirements. The role is generally filled by a position within IT or business-aligned IT. The technical steward is trained in the use of the data and helps ensure that the data is properly defined and used systemwide. Business Subject Matter Expert SME (Data Governance Work Group Member) Business Subject Matter Experts represent a specific business area and are responsible for providing subject matter expertise for specific data governance initiatives, as necessary.

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