The Data Asset: How Smart Companies Govern their Data for Business Success

PART ONE: BUILDING THE BUSINESS CASE FOR DATA GOVERNANCE. CHAPTER 1 Making the Case for Better Data. CHAPTER 2 Risk Mitigation: How Quality Data Keeps Your Company Out of Trouble. CHAPTER 3 Controlling Costs with Accurate and Reliable Data. CHAPTER 4 Optimizing Revenue with Quality Data. PART TWO: THE DATA GOVERNANCE MATURITY MODEL. CHAPTER 5 Governing Your Data. CHAPTER 6 Undisciplined Organizations: Disasters Waiting to Happen. CHAPTER 7 Reactive Organizations: Trying to Get Beyond Crisis Mode. CHAPTER 8 Proactive Organizations: Reducing Risk, Avoiding Uncertainty. CHAPTER 9 Governed Organizations: Trust in Data Pays Multiple Benefits. PART THREE: UTILIZING PEOPLE AND PROCESSES TO ACHIEVE A QUALITY CULTURE. CHAPTER10 The Quality Culture. CHAPTER11 People. CHAPTER12 Processes. PART FOUR: CLOSING THE LOOP: SELECTING THE RIGHT TECHNOLOGY FOR YOUR ORGANIZATION. CHAPTER13 Undisciplined Organizations: Discovering the Value of Data Quality Tools. CHAPTER14 Reactive Organizations: Choose the Technology That Gets the Most from Your Applications. CHAPTER15 Proactive Organizations: Bridging the Chasm and Becoming Proactive. CHAPTER16 Governed Organizations: Moving Beyond Data to Business Process Automation.