Data Governance Organizational Structure

These levels make up the governing bodies that determine Champlain’s goals, decisions and policies on data governance.

• Data Governance Sponsors (Steering Committee)
• Data Governance Lead
• Data Governance Council
• Spotlight Group(s)

Click here to view the Key Contacts page, which details the current Data Stewards and Data Owners.

Data Governance Structure

Roles & Responsibilities

Data Governance Sponsors

• Act as the business owners of the project, sharing the vision for improved and consistent access to College information.
• Set priorities and allocate funding.
• Create the vision and set the overall direction of various Data Governance initiatives.
• Create Data Governance communication plan.
• Develop a road map/overall direction.
• Work with consultants to understand their recommendations and adapt them as needed to be successful at Champlain.

Data Governance Lead

• Exercise decision rights regarding access to specific data points across the institution.
• Oversee and convene Data Council.
• Expose and manage the impact of individual business unit data decisions on other units as well as institutional data.
• Apply change management best practices to ensure successful implementation and shift in institutional culture.
• Identify areas for education and training specific to data governance best practices.

Data Governance Council

• Drive and lead the execution of Champlain’s data governance projects.
• Evaluate the various information needs and challenges at Champlain and determine their priority as they relate to Champlain College’s mission and goals.
• Understand the data needs of the College and the technological constraints of the existing IT infrastructure and applications.
• Set data quality standards, validation rules and enforcement procedures.
• Evaluate the information needs and challenges and determine their priority as they relate to Champlain College’s strategies and goals.
• Recommend policy regarding data access, data security and data confidentiality.

Spot-Light Groups

• Spot-Light Groups provide subject matter expertise both from a data-provider standpoint (source-systems) and a data-consumer standpoint (what kind of analysis/reporting needs to come out of it). They will include people from the user-community, but also from IT.
• Spot-Light Groups will be created on an as-needed basis and be comprised of data stewards of those systems that are involved with data governance issues.

Click here to view the Key Contacts page, which details the current Data Stewards and Data Owners.