From the course: Introduction to Career Skills in Data Analytics

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Understanding how data governance impacts the data analyst

Understanding how data governance impacts the data analyst

From the course: Introduction to Career Skills in Data Analytics

Understanding how data governance impacts the data analyst

- Have you ever asked permission to gain access to data and been denied? Have you ever asked for permissions and just been given global admin when all you needed was read permissions? If so, then you've been a part of the data governance of the organization, or the lack of it. Data governance is a framework that incorporates strategies to create solid quality data, enable accountability, and provide transparency to the data in the organization. Data governance has processes, procedures, and people at various levels of the organization. It's meant to control every aspect of the data in the organization. Data governance can support quality of data, accountability, trust, and compliance. There is some form of data governance in every organization at every size and level. If you work in a regulated industry, then data governance will likely be more mature than other industries. I have worked in almost every size industry,…

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