Comments on: More on Governance of Master Data http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/2009/10/02/more-on-governance-of-master-data/ A member of the Gartner Blog Network Thu, 22 Sep 2011 13:59:56 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 By: Virginia http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/2009/10/02/more-on-governance-of-master-data/comment-page-1/#comment-218 Virginia Mon, 05 Oct 2009 16:27:23 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/?p=509#comment-218 Regarding; I explained that in operational MDM, governance is “active” and in analytical MDM, governance is “passive”. I felt this was a good way to describe that in the former, there is explicit, business involvement day-to-day, to take decisions that changed processes and data in order to achieve and sustain, “single view”. In BI land, with analytical MDM, the work is much less day-to-day, in that rules are created by IT to be invoked during a data load. I think I have news for you: You are right in defining the MDG (MD governance) in this way. Because this is the real life, however The MDG must not be passive regarding the analytical MDM but PROACTIVE! however this is the dream, because MDG people are usually not mathematicians...and herby not analytical enough to manage the evaluation of the MDM business processes. Your opinion? thanks Virginia Regarding;
I explained that in operational MDM, governance is “active” and in analytical MDM, governance is “passive”. I felt this was a good way to describe that in the former, there is explicit, business involvement day-to-day, to take decisions that changed processes and data in order to achieve and sustain, “single view”. In BI land, with analytical MDM, the work is much less day-to-day, in that rules are created by IT to be invoked during a data load.

I think I have news for you:
You are right in defining the MDG (MD governance) in this way. Because this is the real life,
however
The MDG must not be passive regarding the analytical MDM but
PROACTIVE!
however this is the dream,
because MDG people are usually not mathematicians…and herby not analytical enough to manage the evaluation of the MDM business processes.
Your opinion?
thanks
Virginia

]]> By: Winston Chen http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/2009/10/02/more-on-governance-of-master-data/comment-page-1/#comment-201 Winston Chen Fri, 02 Oct 2009 21:04:57 +0000 http://blogs.gartner.com/andrew_white/?p=509#comment-201 Yes, the support for business ownership and their active participation in maintaining master data is the key criteria for whether a vendor's solution is "governance enabled." Following this logic, would you conclude that quite a few of the operational MDM vendors are very weak in governance? Or, in the terms outlined here, they're doing passive governance, rather than active governance? They're more about transactionally processing incoming data in the backoffice and distributing masters based on IT-defined rules? Great point about "guided governance". Too many data management products are not designed with process in mind. Got to look at the day-in-the-life of the end user. Yes, the support for business ownership and their active participation in maintaining master data is the key criteria for whether a vendor’s solution is “governance enabled.”

Following this logic, would you conclude that quite a few of the operational MDM vendors are very weak in governance? Or, in the terms outlined here, they’re doing passive governance, rather than active governance? They’re more about transactionally processing incoming data in the backoffice and distributing masters based on IT-defined rules?

Great point about “guided governance”. Too many data management products are not designed with process in mind. Got to look at the day-in-the-life of the end user.

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