Data Governance + Quality = MDM

St Paul’s Epiphany and the Transformative Power of MDM Planning

St Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus

St Paul’s famed epiphany on the road to Damascus marked a profound moment in the history of the early Christian church. Similarly, a recent planning session with a client, though on a smaller scale, delivered a significant insight and shift in perspective for Master Data Management (MDM).

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Breaking Down the Approach

During our MDM planning session, we meticulously divided our approach into several essential streams and intended outcomes:

Data Governance: Empowering the business to take ownership of data and establish supportive processes.
Data Quality: Ensuring data is fit for its intended purposes.
Data Integration: Seamless integration and synchronization of customer data from source systems to the target MDM application.
Master Data Management: The central focus, encompasses all streams and facilitating the success of the MDM initiative.
Data Architecture: Focused on designing an architecture to support the client master, incorporating various design objectives and goals.

The Epiphany

As we delved deeper into the planning session, an IT manager had an enlightening realization. “If we get data governance and data quality right, we have MDM!” he proclaimed. This revelation sparked a shift from merely implementing an MDM tool to fostering true business change.

The Critical Role of Data Governance and Data Quality

The significance of data governance and data quality in achieving successful MDM is undeniable, yet, these crucial components often receive insufficient attention from IT departments, who may be more focused on the tool’s implementation.

Embracing Business Change

This newfound perspective marked a turning point in our project, transforming the mindset from simply adopting a tool to embracing business change as the ultimate objective.

Building Towards Success

Although our MDM project has a long way to go and evolve, this defining moment has set the course for its success. By recognizing the indispensable role of data governance and data quality, we are shaping an MDM initiative that goes beyond technical implementation to create lasting value for the organization.

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Response to “Data Governance + Quality = MDM”

Bowie Muyutu

September 10

Interesting equation.

Let us look at the other permutations.

How about DG + MDM + CIM = DQ

Where CIM=Common Information Model.

The equations must be read as follows:

Many efforts at improving data quality are project-based and fizzle out once the project is completed, only for the problem(s) to re-occur.

Data governance is one of the many ways to sustain the quality of data beyond a project.

But without tools, data governance might, at best, remain pieces of paper on the wall. That is where a MDM platform comes it its own. It brings data governance to life. Data stewards have a window through which they can monitor data and make it part of their everyday job. MDM, by default, is founded on and implements a Common Information Model around which Business and Technical Metadata can be hooked.