# Data Governance

> Designs and operationalizes DAMA-DMBOK aligned data governance, including readiness assessment, operating framework, decision rights, policy lifecycle, glossary ownership, issue management, and regulatory alignment. Use when users need to establish or strengthen data governance programs. Use data-standards-management for detailed data standard requirements and control mappings.

- Skill: `bkjohn2018/data-governance` (Agent Skill)
- Install (CLI): `npx skillmds@latest add bkjohn2018/data-governance`
- Raw SKILL.md: https://api.skillmd.com/api/skills/bkjohn2018/data-governance/raw
- Safety review: pending
- Works with: Claude Code, Claude.ai, OpenAI Codex
- Category: Coding & Dev Tools
- Author: bkjohn2018 (https://skillmd.com/u/bkjohn2018)
- Updated: 2026-09-21
- Page: https://skillmd.com/skills/bkjohn2018/data-governance

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# Data Governance

## When to Use
- Launching or re-structuring a data governance program.
- Defining governance councils, decision rights, and policy lifecycle.
- Formalizing business glossary, standards, issue management, and compliance.

## DMBOK Governance Activities
Anchor plans to these core activities:
- Perform readiness assessment and business alignment.
- Define governance strategy and operating framework.
- Develop goals, principles, policies, and standards.
- Engage issue management and regulatory compliance.
- Sponsor glossary, procedures, and cross-functional touchpoints.
- Embed governance through change management and measurement.

## Workflow
1. Clarify scope, business drivers, and governance outcomes.
2. Assess readiness across sponsorship, roles, process, tooling, and culture.
3. Define operating model (council charters, RACI, decision rights, escalation).
4. Establish policy and standards lifecycle (draft, review, approve, enforce).
5. Stand up glossary governance, issue triage, and compliance tracking.
6. Define scorecards and adoption metrics; run periodic maturity review.

## Output Template
```markdown
# Data Governance Operating Framework

## Scope and objectives
- ...

## Readiness assessment summary
- Sponsorship:
- Role clarity:
- Process maturity:
- Tooling maturity:

## Governance structure
- Council/forum:
- Decision rights:
- Escalation path:

## Policy and standards lifecycle
- Intake:
- Review:
- Approval:
- Enforcement:

## Operating mechanisms
- Business glossary:
- Issue management:
- Compliance controls:

## Metrics and maturity
- Adoption metrics:
- Control effectiveness:
- Next maturity targets:
```

## Quality Checklist
- Governance scope is explicit and bounded.
- Decision rights and accountability are clear.
- Policies, glossary, and issue workflows are integrated.
- Metrics track both adoption and risk reduction.