As organizations collect more and more information about their customers, products, suppliers, inventory and finances, it becomes increasingly difficult to accurately maintain that information in a usable, logical framework. Without this framework, many organizations are faced with challenges in business processes and workflow, ultimately inhibiting an organization’s ability to improve customer relationships, optimize the supply chain and increase profitability.

Data governance encompasses the people, processes and technology that are required to create a consistent enterprise view of an organization’s data. By concentrating on the health of the data, organizations address the lifeblood of their enterprises, helping create better data to support their core strategies and initiatives. Companies are embracing data governance as a way to bring order to the chaos within their infrastructure.

SAS, the leader in business intelligence and analytics software, invites you to a breakfast seminar to learn best practices on effective data governance methodologies.

Presentations

Randy Cuff, Director, CRM Development 
Intrawest ULC

Jill Dyché, Baseline Consulting:
Deconstructing Data Governance

Science fiction writer William Gibson once remarked that “the future is already here, it’s just unevenly distributed.” So it is with corporate information, which many companies have acknowledged is part of their business future but nevertheless are still wrestling. Indeed, business and IT managers alike are confused about how to invest the right funds and resources with which to manage enterprise data as a corporate asset.

In this session, author and consultant Jill Dyché discusses the emerging trend of data governance, and explains why the time is right for businesses to launch formal data governance programs. She will distinguish data governance with data quality and data stewardship—they are often used synonymously—and explain why companies should begin leveraging existing skills and investing in new ones to meet the business demands for strategic data.

Participants will learn

• What is data governance, and why it is so popular
• Common drivers for data governance—including Master Data Management
• Why data integration projects mandate data governance
• How to launch a data governance program the right way, the first time!
  

Brian Kmet
SAS solutions for Data Quality initiatives

An overview of how SAS software supports data quality initiatives ranging from departmental focused areas to enterprise wide data quality initiatives such as data governance and Master Data Management. Additionally guests will hear how SAS is being leveraged within the both corporate and government organizations including leading oil and gas companies, energy and utilities organizations, and provincial government and health case organizations within Western Canada.