Most data governance programs fail! It’s a bold statement, but one grounded in the reality that many organizations struggle to effectively implement and sustain these initiatives. In today's fast-paced business environment, organizations are increasingly recognizing the importance of robust data governance to ensure the integrity, quality, and security of their data. However, the journey to successful data governance is often hampered by misalignment among teams, unclear roles, and lengthy traditional processes. These challenges lead to stalled efforts, wasted resources, loss of momentum and a lack of tangible results. 

Join instructor Mathias Vercauteren for this live, online, two-day seminar: Data Governance SprintTM: Start Implementing in Weeks Instead of Months. This seminar is designed to address common pitfalls by introducing you and your organization to an innovative, structured approach: The Data Governance Sprint. Inspired by the design sprint methodology, these sprints provide a practical, efficient, and enjoyable way to streamline your data governance efforts, enabling you to accomplish in weeks what might typically take months. 

This two-day seminar is a game-changer for those struggling to implement data governance and data management programs effectively. Transform your unproductive meetings into result-oriented workshops that establish clear action plans and real, tangible results. 

Two-Day Seminar Price: 

• $1,000 Early Bird Price through January 31, 2025 
• $1,200 after January 31, 2025 

Last day to register: Sunday, February 17, 2025 

Seminar CEUs: 12 
Seminar Date: Wednesday – Thursday, February 19 – 20, 2025 
Seminar Time: 8 AM – 1 PM, Pacific Time / 11 AM – 4 PM, Eastern Time 

Over two days, you will: 

• Understand the common reasons why data governance programs fail and learn how to avoid these pitfalls in your organization. 
• Explore the Data Governance Sprint™ methodology, a structured and agile workshop approach to implementing data governance quickly and effectively. 
• Learn how to conduct focused workshops that drive alignment and create actionable plans, compressing weeks of work into just a few hours. 
• Gain insights into how to lay the groundwork for a successful data governance initiative, including team setup and stakeholder engagement. 
• Discover a fun and interactive way to conduct a quick but comprehensive 'As Is' assessment, ensuring you thoroughly understand your current data landscape. 
• Learn how to develop a clear vision and roadmap for your data governance efforts, identifying gaps and prioritizing critical data elements. 
• Explore how to define roles and responsibilities, establish an operating model that can be implemented with ease, and design an effective, actionable data governance process. 
• Gain knowledge on drafting a comprehensive communication and training plan that ensures all stakeholders are informed and engaged. 
• Learn the process of prototyping tangible data governance artifacts and onboarding your first data stewards to test out the governance program hands-on from the outset. 
• Understand how to create essential governance tools, such as measurement dashboards and business glossaries, that will guide your organization’s data management efforts. 
• Receive practical templates and resources that you can immediately apply within your own organization to kick-start or refine your data governance initiatives. 
• Master the art of capturing feedback, iterating, and scaling your data governance program in an agile manner, ensuring continuous improvement and stakeholder buy-in. 

Who Should Attend? 

This two-day live online seminar is intended for business and IT professionals at all levels, who have been tasked with understanding and implementing data governance on behalf of their organization. It assumes general business knowledge, but not specific technical knowledge or experience. It is appropriate for executives, departmental and/or project managers, data and enterprise architects, consultants, data scientists, BI professionals, and technical staff.  

The course is not designed for any specific business domain, and as such is applicable to any business function that is in need of more reliable information, such as finance, manufacturing, human resources, analytics, operations, and more. 

Group and team attendance is strongly encouraged because the workshop activities can be applied for your organization’s unique governance circumstances. Those activities produce results that have immediate application and lasting value for your ongoing governance efforts. 

We offer several bulk licensing options for corporate and group use. 

Contact us for a follow-up discussion! 

Seminar Format 

• A two-day seminar that includes lecture format over slides with questions either throughout or at the conclusion of each section, breakout sessions, and exercises. 
  • The seminar date is: Wednesday – Thursday, February 19 – 20, 2025 
  • Seminar time is: 8 AM – 1 PM, Pacific Time / 11 AM – 4 PM, Eastern Time 
• All seminar material will be made available for students to download. 
• DATAVERSITY will be integrating two platforms to run the training: The DATAVERSITY Training Center (DVTC) platform and Zoom. 
• The DVTC Platform is where you will start your training: https://training.dataversity.net 
  • This will be where you will log in, and then click a “Join Now” button on the day of the live training in your course dashboard. 
  • This platform will contain the syllabus for the day, information on navigating through both platforms, enable you to take notes throughout the training, join a forum with your classroom peers to network with each other even after the live online training is over, download materials, and access the recording of the training when it is complete. 
• When you click the “Join Now” button in the DVTC Platform, a Zoom window will open. 
  • This platform is where you will take the training, view the presentation, and engage in breakout sessions.