EDW Fall 23: 7 Ways to Springboard a Software Implementation Project into a Data Governance Program

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Regrettably, software implementation is often a missed opportunity for beginning a data governance program. Worse still, even best-in-class software can suffer data quality issues if the appropriate governance model is not put in place to shape user behavior. This session will take 7 common elements from software implementation and demonstrate how you can non-invasively begin building your data governance program. 

This session will cover:
  • How the highest levels of corporate strategy (like a corporate Mission or Vision statement) drive key decisions surrounding data governance 
  • Why the software implementation Project Charter matters 
  • What knowledge to extract and document from your Data Conversion team 
  • What knowledge to extract and document from your Reporting team 
  • What knowledge to extract and document from your Integrations team 
  • Whose names and roles need to be documented, and where to find them 
  • How to draft your Business Glossary and Data Dictionary to make an immediate impact 

Speaker: Dennis Gray

Senior Manager
Premier International

I measure success by the complexity of the problems I've solved, the number of satisfied clients I've served, and the number of go-lives completed. That's why I'm proud to explain that I've worked in industries like Manufacturing, Healthcare, Higher Education, and Automotive. I've grappled with data issues emerging from legacy systems, including custom mainframe solutions, Infor XA, PeopleSoft, Lawson, MEDITECH, Sage, and JD Edwards. My clients successfully go live on innovative software such as Oracle Cloud, Oracle eBS, SAP S4/HANA, and MS Dynamics. My contributions include gathering requirements, handling critical path data load activities, building complex reporting logic to identify and resolve duplicate data, building programs to cleanse/standardize/transform data, and reconciling converted data. I am passionate about developing data governance programs that enable enterprises to take full advantage of their software investments.

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