Cover
Title Page
Copyright and Credits
Dedication
Foreword
Contributors
Table of Contents
Preface
Part 1: Why Data Stewardship and Why Me?
Chapter 1: From Business Strategy to Data Strategy to Data Stewardship
Understanding the strategic, tactical, and operational value of data stewardship
Bridging the gap between data strategy and data operation
Unlocking business value with data stewardship
Understanding business strategy
Understanding data strategy
Operationalizing your data strategy via data stewardship
Exploring the mindset and skillset gap
Translating strategy into execution
Data collection
Data governance framework
Analytics and reporting tools
Tracking progress
Decoding data governance, management, and stewardship
Data stewards don different hats
Summary
Chapter 2: How Data Stewardship Can Help Your Organization
Defining data stewardship
The work scope of a data steward
Understanding the role of a data steward
Types of data stewards
Comparing strategic data stewardship with a standard operating procedure
Using business cases for storytelling and value realization
Creating a competitive edge with data stewardship
Summary
Chapter 3: Getting Started with the Data Stewardship Program
Defining the origin and destination of your data stewardship program
Getting buy-in of data stewardship from stakeholders
Building a prioritization matrix
The impact-effort matrix
The RICE method
MoSCoW analysis
Comparing different prioritization matrices
Assessing data maturity
Building the foundation of your data stewardship program
Summary
Part 2: How to Become a Data Steward and Shine!
Chapter 4: Developing a Comprehensive Data Management Strategy
What is a data strategy?
Assessing your current data environment for creating a data strategy
Where are you now?
Data maturity assessment
The CDMC framework
Fulfilling the business and data strategy
Where do you want to go?
Spider web diagram
Introducing the people, process, and technology
How do we get there?
Making the impact visible to your stakeholders
Feedback loop to measure and report progress
Engagement model
Summary
Chapter 5: People, Process, and Technology
Empowering people for an effective data stewardship program
Roles and responsibilities
Skills and training
Stakeholder engagement
Demonstrating the return on investment (ROI) of a data stewardship program
Standardizing processes to ensure consistent data operation
Data governance framework
Data compliance and risk management
Leveraging technology to fast-track your data journey
Data infrastructure
Data integration
Data security and privacy technologies
Investment strategy on technology for data stewardship