12/03/2025 Data Governance Processes: A Framework for Business Success
December 3, 2025
9:00 am - 12:30 pm CT
Half-Day (Morning)
Prerequisite: None
Donna Burbank
Managing Director
Global Data Strategy Ltd
Donna Burbank is a recognized industry expert with over 25 years of experience in data management and enterprise architecture. She is currently the managing director of Global Data Strategy Ltd, an international data management consulting company, and she has worked with dozens of Fortune 500 companies worldwide in the Americas, Europe, Asia, and Africa. Her background is multi-faceted across consulting, product development, product management, brand strategy, marketing, and business leadership. As an active contributor to the data management community, she speaks regularly at industry conferences and has co-authored several books on data management.
Data governance is rapidly becoming a must-have for any organization wanting to manage its data, improve its quality, and control its security, access and use. However, launching a data governance initiative can be challenging as it requires both cultural change and new technical ways of working.
This course will outline a practical approach to implementing a data governance framework with a focus on the key data governance processes to put in place, and how to embed data governance processes into core business processes to ensure compliance. It will also reinforce learning by enabling participants to gain hands-on experience of the approaches and techniques taught.
You Will Learn
- Overview of data governance and the importance of processes
- Aligning data governance with business objectives to ensure success
- How to create the right organizational structures, data stewardship, and roles to support data governance processes
- Which processes and workflows are needed for successful data governance
- How to embed data governance processes into business processes to ensure that governance is normalized as a “business as usual” activity
- Tools and technologies to support data governance processes
Geared To
- Data governance leads
- Data stewards
- Business stakeholders
- Chief data officers
- Data architects and data management professionals