But like for any investment for which we measure return, if we want to do this for Data Governance, we have to understand precisely how, where, and when it will happen for our organization and measure it. In other words, how will we use Data Governance, and in what case, so we can solve a real problem we have?

A data steward is a person in charge of the quality of the data an organization collects and how it is collected. They keep an eye on every step of the data collection process to make sure the information is in the right format and is set up according to how the organization wants it. Data stewards are also in charge of fixing problems with data, like fixing broken data or figuring out how to get data from one program to another. If a worker has a problem with data, they can talk to a data steward about it.

An essential competitive battleground of our time is data. Organizations have started to discover that they have vast amounts of data and that these can be real assets that can be used for analysis and decision-making. Data Catalogs play a huge role and are becoming an essential part of modern data management.