Overview of Data Governance in Business Contexts

Abstract

Taking into account the amount of information that is currently handled in business contexts, it is mandatory to develop a good data governance program. It guarantees that all the information is available to the company when it needs it, as it needs it and where it needs it. Through this data governance, the main goal is to increase profits, decrease costs, improve knowledge management and interact with customers, suppliers, employees and processes. Besides, this type of programs are not only part of a section in the company, but also they must have a transversal collaboration to all the technology and business teams. During the first stage of this research, it seeks to perform a review of the state of the art on the data governance. It allows to unify criteria through a reference item later, to provide a tool that helps companies to support the information necessities through the development of data governance projects that respond to business needs and strategic decision making.