Assigning stewards and responsibilities for our various data domains introduced us to information governance. This worked relatively well for defining metadata and authorizing access to data domains. There is a steward for vegetables, one for spices, one for proteins, and two for noodles. When we asked for their goods and put them in a pot to make something special, that’s when governance got interesting.

This presentation explores two projects to illustrate our approach to governance for integrated data solutions. The first project mixes student data with our financial management system. This could help us calculate the cost of a course and potentially the cost of an education.

The second project was more ambitious and glued together data from more than a dozen systems of record. This project opened doors to data privacy, data quality, and policy concerns.

This presentation covers what we tried, how we fared, and what we learned.

Speaker: Lance Tucker

Associate Director of Technology, Application and Architecture Services, ITS
Boston College

Lance Tucker is an Associate Technology Director at Boston College. In this role Lance has managed teams of technical staff; Business Intelligence, Data Architecture and Integration Services, Database Administration, and Information Governance. Lance headed the Boston College's Data Warehouse effort which began in 2003. Prior to joining Boston College, Lance worked at Digital Equipment Corporation and several other technology firms building information systems for finance, health, and the military. Outside of work, Lance can often be found on a tennis court, researching a group of early 20th century artists from Southwest New Hampshire, or reading poetry.

Speaker: Daniel Riehs

Associate Director, Information Systems & Design, Institutional Research & Planning
Boston College

Dan provides data and design thinking consulting services for groups around Boston College. Since joining the new office of Institutional Research in 2006, he has played key roles in the creation of a modern business intelligence infrastructure at BC, contributing as a developer, business analyst, and quality assurance lead. He currently focuses on University data governance and data literacy efforts, encouraging cross-functional data sharing and collaboration. When no data exists, Dan uses design thinking to collaborate with BC faculty and staff to tackle University challenges. He has an MBA from BC and a certificate in Design Thinking from Cornell University.