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Abstracts:  

Structuring Your Data Governance Program
to Align With Your Organization's Unique Needs
 
Gwen Thomas

Yes, all Data Governance and Stewardship programs have certain things in common. Yes, there are core competencies and skills that must be brought to any such effort. But no - it is NOT possible for new or maturing Data Governance programs to be all things to all people.
 
So how do you decide what to focus on, and then how do you decide the best way to structure your program to make you successful? How do you "do the most with less" while delivering unambiguous business value? How do you align your efforts so that business needs that feed effortlessly into data requirements, which align perfectly with data management and IT deliverables? How do we enable our data stakeholders so they are able to express their information needs, have a voice in cross-functional decision-making, be able to review policies, standards, and other data-related rules, and know who is accountable for meeting their needs?
 
This session looks beyond generic good practices to describe a set of steps you can take to determine how to get the most bang for your Data Governance and Stewardship buck. It mixes theory and best practice with real-life stories about companies whose data governance and stewardship efforts have made a significant difference in meeting their unique organizational missions.
 
Attendees will learn
o     The essential components of any data governance and stewardship effort
o     How to use a framework to get buy-in, support, and enthusiastic participation
o     Different models for stewardship, and the training and tools to support each model
o     Steps for getting started (even if you have no budget), and then maturing your program
o     Best practices for scoping and funding your efforts (and traps to avoid)
o     How to embed data governance and data quality into business, data management, and IT processes
o     An approach for measuring the ROI of your efforts
 
 

Governance for Master Data Management
 
Malcolm Chisholm

Master Data Management (MDM) is essential in today's age of data integration. But it is not just a question of tools and techniques. Without governance, MDM programs easily falter. This presentation reviews the special governance requirements of MDM, with a focus on a principles-based approach. Such an approach can be implemented with less disruption than a rules-based approach. Metrics are implemented in a framework of results-based management (RBM) to track the success of the principles-based MDM governance program. The need to build supportive processes and infrastructure is also discussed. Some of these directly assist stakeholders, while others are used to prove compliance. The special MDM problems of identify management, trust and survivorship, definition of physical data values, data trusteeship, and standards management are a backdrop to all these considerations. Attendees will learn:
     * The major characteristics of Master Data that require governance
     * What a principles-based governance approach for MDM involves, and how it differs from a rules-based one
     * How to implement metrics to track a governance program
     * How to set up processes and infrastructure for an MDM governance program.
 

Case Study:
How to Implement a Successful Data Governance Program
 
Michele Koch

Sallie Mae has a strong Data Governance Program in place to support enterprise initiatives such as building a customer information system. Over the last three years, we implemented a series of foundational steps and then deployed a Data Governance Program.
 
In this case study, attendees will learn:
"     The "non-traditional" Data Governance approach Sallie Mae used and the benefits of that approach
"     How project members narrowed the list of many thousands of candidate data fields to a manageable list of enterprise fields to be governed
"     The approach that inspired business users to volunteer their expertise
"     How this project paved the way for implementing formal Enterprise Data Stewards as part of Sallie Mae's new Data Governance Program
"     Sample communication tools
"     Key lessons learned
"     How data profiling is enriching the Data Governance Program
 
 

Vendor Presentation:
Continuous Data Governance for Complex Data Landscapes
 
Arka Mukherjee

Data Managers and Data Architects are increasingly being pulled into data governance. Is "Data Governance" just another rehashing of existing data management activities, or is it a new area of competency which needs new skills and new areas of expertise.
 
In this presentation, we will provide our perspective of what data governance looks like within complex data environments. The focus will be more on implementation aspects of data governance, and the controls that need to be established. We will identify the barriers that need to be overcome in order to implement continuous monitoring and governance of the information landscape.

Vendor Presentation:
Extending the Reach of Governance to the Mainframe
 
James Cerrato

With over 1 trillion lines of COBOL code executing the world's most mission critical business functions, legacy applications will continue to play a major component of any corporate governance strategy. Through the advent of approaches such as SOA and BPM, it has become clear that legacy applications must become an easily referenced, accessible and most importantly, an understandable component of a business' overall governance program. The Adaptive Legacy Code Manager allows you to discover your legacy code, analyze code and application artifact relationships and import this information into the Adaptive Metadata Manager to further define the semantics and stewardship of the legacy code resulting in key business benefits including reduction in training costs, formalization of modernization strategies and adherence to governance and compliancy mandates.
 
Come hear Adaptive's 'quick start' approach to achieving the business benefit by leveraging these capabilities through Adaptive's Software as a Service offering.

  Speaker Bios for:
Gwen Thomas,
Data Governance Institute

Gwen Thomas is Founder and President of the Data Governance Institute, which provides Data Governance and Data Strategy consulting and training, as well as publishing the free open-source DGI Data Governance Framework and the web's largest resource devoted to data governance, at http://www.DataGovernance.com. Thomas is an in-demand speaker and keynoter, and has personally provided guidance to many dozens of data programs, working with business, data management, and IT groups at all levels of the organization. She hosts the Data Governance & Stewardship Community of Practice, located at http://www.DataStewardship.com.

    Malcolm Chisholm
Askget.com Inc.

Dr. Malcolm Chisholm is an internationally recognized thought leader in the fields of Reference and Master Data Management. As well as advancing conceptual understanding, he has developed innovative management techniques and practical linkages to metadata management and business rules management for RDM and MDM. Malcolm is the author of the book Managing Reference Data in Enterprise Databases. In his consulting practice he concentrates on practical solutions for RDM and MDM issues, and brings this perspective to his speaking engagements and publications.

    Michele Koch,
Sallie Mae

Michele Koch runs the Data Governance Program for Sallie Mae. She has more than 27 years of experience in structured analysis and design techniques for both process and data modeling. Michele spent the first ten years of her career as a consultant providing systems analysis and design leadership using CASE tools to Fortune 500 companies. Her last 17 years have been spent within data administration at Sallie Mae. Currently, she is the Director of the Data Governance Office at Sallie Mae and manages the enterprise data management team.
 
Michele Koch received dual master's degrees in MIS and Computer Systems Applications from The American University and a bachelor's degree from Cornell University.

    Arka Mukherjee,
Global IDs Inc.

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    James Cerrato,
Adaptive, Inc.

James Cerrato is Chief Product Evangelist for Adaptive. James has more than twenty years experience working for leading edge software companies enabling the companies' strategic visions to be realized in world-class software implementations. He has worked in software development, consulting and product management roles and has extensive expertise in repository technology, metadata management, object-oriented technology, meta-modeling and enterprise architecture. Prior to working for Adaptive, James co-founded a leading enterprise architecture modeling tool vendor which was recognized by Deloitte and Touche as one of the 50 fastest growing technology companies in New England.

Directions to:  
 
Crowne Plaza Hotel Clark, NJ
36 Valley Road
Clark, New Jersey 07066
(732) 574-0100 (telephone)

Open a printer friendly pdf file, of directions to the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Clark NJ.

From the NORTH:
Take Garden St Pkwy to exit 135,
Go through the next light and take the second exit to the right.
Crowne Plaza will be on left (Valley Road).
 
From the SOUTH:
Take Garden St Pkwy to exit 135,
stay straight to the traffic light and make a right.
At your second exit make a right.
The hotel is on the left.
 

Upcoming Events:
Mark your calendars now for these upcoming DAMA New Jersey meetings.
 

DAMA New Jersey 2009 Events

October 19th 2009		DAMA Day 2009 Data Governance and MDM in the Real World Gwen Thomas, Malcolm Chisholm, Michele Koch   location: Crowne Plaza Hotel, Clark, NJ
April 24th 2009		The Convergence of SOA and Business Intelligence Robert Abate   location: Chubb Insurance, Warren, NJ
February 19th 2009		Metadata and Business Intelligence: Approaches, Relationships and Tools used for Effective Information Deep Sogani, BI Practice Lead and Rajeev Kumar, Director Enterprise Information Management, PPC   location: PwC, Florham Park, NJ

Any ideas for a topic or event? Let us know!  Your input is important to us!

 

Member Discounts and Education opportunities:

Data Modeling and Data Management in a SOA Environment
Tom Haughey
Crown Plaza, Clark, NJ
September 14, 2009
Early registration discount,
Discount for members of DAMA, MPO, IDMA and ERwin user groups

Data Modeling for MDM
Malcolm Chisholm
Woodbridge Hilton, Woodbridge, NJ
October 5, 2009
Early registration discount,
Discount for members of DAMA, MPO, IDMA and ERwin user groups

Save the Date !
Enterprise Data World
formerly: DAMA International Symposium and Wilshire Meta-Data Conference
San Francisco, CA
March 14-18, 2010

Other Education Events:
Travel or Education Budget Impacted by the Economy?

Besides attending DAMA NJ meetings there are a number of user groups that offer face to face and virtual meetings at little or no charge. Many conferences offer the opportunity to purchase conference proceedings from events at a lower price than the cost of registration.
 
NYEMUG (NY ERwin Modeling User Group) for further info please email carol.lehn@pepsi.com"
 
SEEMUG (South East Enterprise Modeling User Group)for further info please email dan.dechichio@raymondjames.com
 
MDM University offers webinars related to MDM and data quality.
 
Meta-Data Professional Organization (MPO) offers webinars and teleconferences on metadata and related topics.

The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management (1st ed,)
Authored by DAMA International, published by Technics Publications, LLC, and edited by Mark Mosley, this dictionary will promote a standard set of data management terms within the field of Information Technology (IT).

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