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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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data governance charter

/ˈdeɪ.tə ˈɡʌv.ən.əns ˈtʃɑːr.tər/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A two-page mandate granting a committee the authority to request authority.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A founding document defining a governance program's scope, authority, membership, and escalation path.

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See also

data governance councilA monthly quorum convened to ratify decisions no attendee has the authority to make.
decision rightsWho may decide, within what bounds — the one field every RACI leaves to a future workshop.
operating modelCalled 'federated' when no one wanted to fund 'centralized.'