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1. Query - analysis and reporting off of the DW.






2. The planning and execution of...policies - practices - and projects that...acquire - control - protect - deliver - and enhance the value of...data and information assets.






3. Responsible for development and support of procedural logic controlled and executed by the DBMS. Triggers - sprocs - functions.






4. (GADO SQ RIDM) 1. Governance 2. Architecture Management 3. Development 4. Operations Management 5. Security Management 6. Quality Management 7. Reference/Master Data Management 8. Data Warehousing/Business Intelligence 9. Document and Content Manage






5. Created/acquired - stored - used - destroyed.






6. Done by DBA - collab with DA.






7. Location REFERENCE data includes geopolitical data - countries - states - provinces - counties...Location MASTER data includes business party addresses - geographic positioning coordinates - etc.






8. Responsibility for a Specific Database(s) in all of its environments - rather than database System administration.






9. The Exercise of Authority and Control over the Management of Data Assets.






10. PPTIER Profiling - Parsing/Standardization - Transformation - Identity Resolution and Mapping - Enhancement - Reporting






11. DM Program Charter - SCOPE statement - Implementation Roadmap






12. SIC - Storage - Inventory - and Control of EPD - Electronic and Paper Documents.






13. DMS - Development - Maintenance - Support of structured data






14. Authentication - User is who they say they are. - Authorization - List of privileges that a user has to data - Access - Enable privileges in a timely manner - Auditing - Review security actions and user activity to ensure compliance






15. Planning - Development and Execution of - Policies and Procedures to provide proper - Authentication - Authorization - Access - and Auditing of - Information Assets.






16. PLM - Product lifecycle management systems - enable cross-process cost and legal agreements tracking as product concepts evolve from one idea to many potential products under different names and potentially different licensing agreements.






17. 1. Integrated Decision Support Database 2. All the software used to collect - cleanse - transform - store data






18. Control over defined domain values - i.e. Vocabularies.






19. LEGISLATIVE branch - Policies and standards - JUDICIAL branch - Issue management - EXECUTIVE branch - administration - services - and compliance






20. 1. Data and info are valuable enterprise ASSETs 2. Manage data/info carefully - like any other asset - by ensuring Quality - Security - Integrity - Protection - Availability - Understanding - and Effective Use. 3. Share responsibility between busines






21. BTPD Business (Definitions - rules - data lineage - quality statements - report lists - etc.) - Targetd at Business - Technical and operational (Information about SYSTEMS. DBs - column names - files - etls - etc) - Targeted at IT Operations users' n






22. Data about the business entities that provide context for busines stransactions. e.g. Parties - Products - Financial Structures - Locations






23. Discipline that fosters organizational learning and the management of intellectual capital.






24. 1. Data Mgt Service orgs (EIM COE) 2. Data Governance Council 3. Data Stewardship Steering Committee 4. Data Stewardship Teams 5. Data Governance Office






25. Data is Intangible Asset - usually in Goodwill category. ways to value: Cost of Loss of data..What would Competitors pay for this data?






26. CRUD matrices that map data responsibilities across bus process - applications - roles - and organizations. - RACI matrix with clearn accountability and ownership.






27. Customer - CRM Employee/workforce - HRM






28. Ongoing Reconciliation and Maintenance of reference and master data.






29. DB implementation and change management - Test Data creation - Data migration/conversion programs - User training - Documentation






30. G ADO SQ RIDM - Governance - Architecture - Development - Operations - Security - Quality - Reference/Master Data Mgt - DW/Business Intelligence - Document and Content Management - Metadata Management.






31. Sarbanes-Oxley - financial reporting and auditing - HIPPA - privacy and security of health information - Basel II - Solvency II - PCI-DSS - Payment Card Industry Data Security Standards






32. A high-level course of action to achieve data goals. Usually a data management program strategy.






33. Short statements of Management Intent and fundamental Rules governing creation - acquisition - integrity - security - quality - and use of data and information. Describe WHATs - and What NOTs; do not describe HOWs.






34. WHO needs WHAT info? - What data is available from different sources? - How does data from different sources DIFFER? - How can inconsistencies be RECONCILED? - How should most valid values be SHARED effectively and efficiently?






35. Modeling and design standards






36. Top - Definition and List of Goals - Center - List of that function's Activities - Left - Inputs - Suppliers - Participants - Below - Tools used for activities - Right - Primary DELIVERABLES - Consumers - Metrics






37. Understand info Needs of enterprise and its stakeholders. - Capture - store - protect - and ensure integrity of Data Assets. - Continually improve Quality of data and information. - Ensure Privacy and Confidentiality - Maximize Effective use and VALU






38. SITNSH - Subject oriented - Integrated - Time-variant (snapshots of data) - Non-volatile (no updates) - Summarized and Detailed data - Historical






39. Policies - Standards - Procedures - Metrics - Business data Names - business Definitions - business Rules






40. Vision - business case - guiding principles - long-term goal of Data Management - Measures of success - SMART program Objectives - descriptions of Roles - description of INITIATIVES (projects) - ROADMAP - boundaries of SCOPE.






41. FFHN Flat - No relationship among controlled set of categories (e.g. List of Countries) - Facet - Star - attributes of an object (Metadata) - Hierarchical - TREE structure (Geography) - Network - Hierarchy And Facet (Thesaurus)






42. Establishment and maintenance of Relationships between master data records.






43. Governance coordination - Architecture definition and coordination - Information requirements analysis - data modeling facilitation - data quality analysis - traditional db design - implementation - production support services.






44. ODS - Current-valued - volatile data for operational reporting needs - DW - Historical - non-volatile data for single source of integrated data for corporation - DM - DSS for a department analytic need






45. PPPDMA Plan - assess scope of known issues - Deploy - profile the data - and employ inspections and monitors - Monitor - actively monitor data quality against defined business rules - Act - Take action to address and resolve emerging issues






46. (ARPM Bit Mikes PP) ARPM (Awareness - Requirements - Profile - Metrics) - BTS (Business Rules - Test requirements - Service levels) - PP (Measure/monitor - Issues - Clean - Procedures - Performance)






47. Knowledge modeling. Ontology is a semantic model that describes Knowledge.






48. More detailed than Conceptual Data Model - adding: Normalization - Abstraction - Still technology independent.






49. Write everything down - Keep everything - Automate - Purpose (Why?) for each task - Don't panic - Business interest - Collaborate






50. Data Strategy and Policies - Standards and Architecture - Regulatory Compliance - Issue management - PROJECTS - Valuation - Communication