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Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship Overview

When:      Thursday July 12, 2007

Time:        8:45 Check In
                 9:00 - 12:00 Meeting

Where:     LaQuinta Inn & Suites (formerly Woodfield Suites)
                 5217 Terrace Dr.
                 Madison, WI 53704
                 (608) 245-0123

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Speaker:  Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D

Anne Marie Smith, Ph.D. is Director of Education and Principal Consultant at EWSolutions (http://www.ewsolutions.com). Anne Marie has over 20 years experience in information management for several corporate entities and has successfully led the development of data resource management departments within corporations and consulting organizations. Anne Marie is active in DAMA (http://www.dama.org), serves on the board of directors of DAMA International, and is an advisor to the DM Forum. She has been an instructor of Management Information Systems (MIS) with Philadelphia, PA area colleges and universities.

Anne Marie has taught topics such as: data stewardship and governance, data warehousing, business requirements gathering and analysis, metadata management and metadata strategy, information systems planning and data warehouse project management.

Anne Marie's areas of consulting expertise include metadata management including data stewardship and governance, information systems planning, systems analysis and design, project management, data warehouse systems assessment and development, information systems process improvement and information resource management/data resource management.

Anne Marie holds the degrees Bachelor of Arts and a Master's of Business Administration in Management Information Systems from La Salle University; she has earned a PhD in MIS at Northcentral University. She is a certified logical data and process modeler and holds project management certification. Anne Marie can be reached at amsmith@ewsolutions.com

Topic:       Enterprise Data Governance and Stewardship Overview

Data and information are critical assets of any organization, and should be considered as valuable a resource as buildings, employees and products.

For a company to gain a significant competitive advantage, it must focus on managing and using its data effectively. Data stewardship and the governance of information assets are essential parts of any relevant information systems strategy for the 21st century. Moreover, without a successful data stewardship and governance program it is impossible to properly implement an enterprise master data management effort or any enterprise spanning activity.

This workshop will deliver a roadmap for creating and implementing a data governance and stewardship program, based upon successful real-world implementations at several leading edge companies. The attendees will gain an understanding of the importance of data governance, the various types of information management approaches, the data steward's function in the data-information-knowledge continuum and some proven approaches for implementing a data stewardship and governance program.

Audience

·        Data Stewards

·        Data Governance Professionals

·        Data Custodians

·        Data Architects

·        Enterprise Architects

·        Data Administrators

·        Business Analysts

·        Project Managers

·        IT Professionals

·        Subject Matter Experts

Learning Objectives:

·        Provide an overview for implementing a successful data governance and stewardship organization across the enterprise

·        Understanding the role of information assets and their effect on the entire organization

·        Learning the fundamentals of data governance and stewardship

·        How to develop an effective plan for managing expanding information requirements

·        How to address the political issues and organizational challenges of data governance and stewardship

·        The importance of data governance to the enterprise

Seminar Outline

1.      Introduction

2.      How to Properly Manage Data as a Corporate Assets

3.      Enterprise Data Management and Governance

4.      Introduction to Data Governance

5.      Introduction to Data Stewardship

6.      Implementing a Data Governance and Stewardship Program

7.      Conclusion, Discussion, References for Additional Study