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A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data

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steering committee

/ˈstɪə.rɪŋ kəˈmɪt.i/ - n.

1 [colloq.] A body that steers by approving the direction already taken.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. A senior body that sets governance direction, approves funding, and removes organizational obstacles for the program.

Filed

Seen in the wild · 3

Everyone Agreed on the YAML. Nobody Agreed on the Owner.Definition Drift
Everyone shipped data products. The decision rights never left the building.Owner Missing
Privacy law says keep less. The model says keep everything. Nobody wrote down what "it" is.Business Sense Required

See also

data governance councilA monthly quorum convened to ratify decisions no attendee has the authority to make.
executive sponsorThe name on the kickoff slide, available again at the one-year retrospective.
governance officeThe function accountable for everything and authorized for the calendar invites.