The Case For 'Data Governance'

By Randy Bean, CEO and Managing Partner, NewVantage Partners This article is by Featured Blogger Randy Bean from his LinkedIn page. I have long had an aversion to the term, “Data Governance.” As one senior executive put it, “it sounds like ‘Data Government,’ and that can’t be good!” For analysts and data scientists who aspire to innovation and data experimentation, governance can imply restriction, limitation, and unnecessary bureaucracy. For executives operating in industries bound by regulation, compliance, and sensitivity to issues of privacy…