Data Governance

Data is a Resource

• Data is a resource that has organizational value and must be managed as such.
• Data remains a resource from creation/acquisition to destruction.

Transparent Responsibility

• All organizational data is owned by the University of Kansas and is the organization’s responsibility to manage.
• Trustees of a Data Domain have responsibility for its overall function as a resource.
• Stewards of a Data Domain have responsibility for its effective administration.
• All other users of a Data Domain have a responsibility to use the resource responsibly and ethically.

Risk Mitigation

• Data must be managed with the relative value and risk to the organization as the priority consideration.
• Compliance with internal and external regulations is paramount.

Data is Cross-functional

• While data may exist within a siloed environment at any one time, all data must be considered in a cross-functional context.
• KU has a vested interest in cross-functional coordination of resources.

Data Integrity Underlies Value

• Data is most valuable to the organization when its management promotes understandability and overall quality.
• Clearly defined and documented business rules promote data integrity.