Tutorials - 21 March 2011

08:30-09:30   Registration
09:30-12:45 Morning
Tutorial		 Introduction to Data Governance
Gwen Thomas, President, The Data Governance Institute
09:30-12:45 Morning
Tutorial

Applying Information Quality Principles to Proactive Data Protection Compliance
Daragh O Brien, Managing Director, Castlebridge Associates
13:45-17:00 Afternoon
Tutorial		 Defining and Executing an Information Strategy
Jan Henderyckx, Information Strategist, Envizion
13:45-17:00 Afternoon
Tutorial		 Introduction to Data Excellence
Walid el Abed, Founder Presidentt, Global Data Excellence
09:30-17:00 Full-Day
Tutorial		 Non-Invasive Data Governance™: Implementing Data Governance in a Non-Threatening Way
Robert S. Seiner, President & Principal, KIK Consulting & TDAN.com

09:30-12:45
Introduction to Data Governance

Gwen Thomas Gwen Thomas
President
The Data Governance Institute

This is the tutorial for you if you need to describe Data Governance concepts to your stakeholders - or if you're relatively new to Data Governance yourself. We'll level-set on concepts and terminology, and we'll cover the basics so you can put what you hear during the conference into context.

Participants will learn:

  • Typical mission and goals of Data Governance and Stewardship programs
  • Common areas of emphasis, and why programs focusing on compliance may look/feel different than ones supporting data integration and other needs
  • Pros/cons of business-led versus IT-facilitated programs, and how to align business-led "Big G" governance activities with technology-led "little g" controls
  • Basic organizational structures, roles, and responsibilities
  • Coordination points with Data Architecture groups, Data Quality teams, Auditing/Compliance officers, and other key data stakeholders
  • The role of a Data Governance framework and a Data Governance office in facilitating and coordinating efforts
  • Key Data Governance and Stewardship processes

09:30-12:45
Applying Information Quality Principles to Proactive Data Protection Compliance

Daragh O Brien Daragh O Brien
Managing Director
Castlebridge Associates

Data Protection compliance is of growing importance in commercial life. Customers are more aware of their rights, penalties for breach can reach £500,000, and the proposed new EU Directive will bring further changes.

Peeling back the hype about Data Protection however, we find that principles of quality are at its core. The oft quoted principles of Data Protection are even referred to as "Principles of Data Quality" in Directive 95/46/EC, the current foundation of all EU Data Protection law.

Organisations which make this connection have the potential to implement effective integrated strategies to manage quality while assuring protection of personal data.

In this tutorial, learners will:

  • Gain a grounding in the fundamentals of Data Protection and Information Quality
  • Develop an understanding of how an "Information Quality focus" can help them meet or exceed the standards of Data Protection legislation and BS10012:2009.
  • Gain an understanding of the importance of a holistic approach to Data Governance, Information Quality, Data Protection and related issues to help effective execution and avoid gaps in strategy.

13:45-17:00
Defining and Executing an Information Strategy

Jan Henderyckx Jan Henderyckx
 Information Strategist
Envizion

Information Strategy is a very important part of every Master Data Management Information Governance initiative

Information as a Corporate Asset. The business needs to take the lead and recognize the value of information. 

Information Management and Information Strategy

  • driven by the business value of your information and the business risk of poor information
  • based on Information Governance, Enterprise Information Architecture and the Enterprise Information Platform
  • responsibility is primarily on the business side  where IT is responsible for the information delivery

Information Governance is the organization and implementation of policies, procedures, structure, roles and responsibilities for the effective management of the information assets.

Measurement of information value includes confidentiality, integrity, availability, compliance, reliability effectiveness and efficiency.

Defining data and information includes semantic, syntactic and lexical rules so we can make sure names are consistent. Build your own common shared vocabulary based on your business information model.

Life cycle management based on business rules with a common goal to deliver accurate, reliable and fast information through the preferred interface of the consumer

Jan is a highly rated independent consultant and speaker active in the Information Management field since 1986. He has witnessed the inner workings of many different companies in a broad range of industries.

13:45-17:00
Introduction to Data Excellence

Walid el Abed Walid el Abed
Founder President
Global Data Excellence

This introduction to data quality governance enablement session covers the concepts and the methodologies of the Data Excellence Framework (DEF), a radically different yet simple and practical approach to implementing data quality. By the end of the workshop, participants will understand the data excellence framework methodology to govern the business impact of non-compliant data on business processes.

Introduction to Data Excellence Framework

  • Principles
  • Business Rules and Data Quality
  • Business Impact and Value Generation (KVI's)
  • Data Excellence Structures and Processes
  • Data Governance Platform

09:30-17:00
Non-Invasive Data Governance™: Implementing Data Governance in a Non-Threatening Way

Robert S. Seiner Robert S. Seiner
President & Principal
KIK Consulting & TDAN.com

Organizations getting started in Data Governance often believe that the program needs to be threatening, "over and above" or "more work" for their organization. The truth is that programs that focus on governing and stewarding data assets do not have to operate that way. Data Governance is not about command and control. This full-day workshop by Robert S. Seiner focuses on building "Non-Invasive Data Governance"™ and Data Stewardship programs that overlay an organization's existing foundation of people, process and discipline.

This pre-conference tutorial will provide new and unique ways to leverage the concepts and best practices presented during the conference.

This session will focus on:

  • Clear definition of the key concepts and best practices of "Non-Invasive Data Governance"™
  • Developing a data governance organization and governance support organization
  • Overlaying existing methodologies with data governance and stewardship discipline
  • Identifying and mentoring the appropriate domain and operational data stewards
  • Defining and managing cross-business unit and functional area domains of data
  • Developing data governance tools and measuring business value and acceptability
  • Improving data awareness and promoting data governance communications