Collibra’s Prescriptive Path
10 Key Steps to Successful Data Governance
1. GOVERNANCE FOUNDATION
Based on business strategy, establish your data priorities, your
organizational structure, roles, guiding principles, charter, communication
plan, steering committee, scope and roadmap.
2. PRIORTIZE
Establish Tier 1 critical KPIs or Use Case to prioritize data, resources,
calculations and scope.
3. DEFINE
Implement a business term glossary of CDE’s for prioritized key business
domains including identification of stakeholders, definition/approval and
issue management processes.
4. LINK
Document end-to-end lineage, associate business terms and system
metadata to business intelligence analytics
5. QUALITY
Consumers establish requirements for data by defining fit-for-purpose
quality requirement, implement quality checks and provide a helpdesk
resolution process.
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6. PUBLISH
Publish governed data catalog to consumers. Establish communications,
and deliver education to consumers to find, utilize, and trust assets in the
Data Catalog.
7. REPORT & CALCULATION STEWARDSHIP
Working groups define reports, computational models, calculations,
frequency, processes, API’s and assumptions for calculating the derived
values used for key metrics and reporting.
8. DATA SHARING AGREEMENTS
Establish request and approval processes for internal and
external data sharing and usage. Ensure usage meets the agreements
and policies.
9. PROGRAM METRIC CERTIFICATION
Establish automated Metric processes for the prioritized program metrics.
Refine program level Dashboards and Scorecards to report program level
metrics.
10. REPORTING VALUE
Measure/report progress & value. Re-plan and revise strategy/roadmap.
Plan detail roadmap changes and re-iterate steps 2-8 for each iteration.
 Core Prescriptive Path process flow for iterations

Link metrics and data to corporate

2.Prioritize strategy and priorities; identify value,
stakeholders/working groups

Share & communicate Define:

• Data meaning • Filters
benefits from governed data;
10.Reporting Value 3.Define and context • Frequency
assess value; plan next • Calculation(s) • Accountability
governance scope • Assumptions • Security/Privacy

‘Data Portal’ to make it easy

Parallel path business and technical
to find data and metrics, as
6.Publish 4.Link lineage/traceability; establish authoritative
well as reporting assets and
sources
Certified reports.

Define fit-for-purpose requirements (e.g. quality, timing,

5.Quality frequency, etc.) Establish issue management
processes and reporting

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 Collibra’s Prescriptive Path Components
Key Guidance in the Path

Step Overview Step Activities & Plan

Step Capabilities Cross References

Step Best Practices Packaged Services

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 How can my company take advantage of Collibra’s
Prescriptive Path to Data Governance?
Workshop Type Description
Orientation Basic orientation to Collibra
and the Data Governance
Prescriptive Path
How to get started Basic orientation for
stakeholders
Aligning governance to
strategic priorities and
stakeholders
Crafting a high-level action
plan
“Restart Action Plan” - Basic orientation for new
Strategic Facilitation stakeholders
Working session preceded
by homework, resulting in
an action plan
Data Strategy Longer term, strategic
Assessment & Roadmap consulting engagement
where Collibra facilitates
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Length/Format Outcome
1 session Build a basic understanding of what the Prescriptive Path is and
1-2 hours how it creates value
Remote or F2F
Client takeaway – how Collibra can help resolve priority data
challenges and guide successful DG implementations
1 session Facilitate alignment between Champion and key stakeholders
(cross-functional teams and executing SMEs)
2-4 hours
Client takeaway – outline next steps in building an aligned cross-
F2F functional data governance action plan
1-2 sessions New stakeholders brought into an alignment process. Actionable
activities to get the DG program back on track
2-4 hours each session
Client takeaway – a data-first action plan to bridge internal gaps
F2F and tie strategies back to business value drivers
4-8 weeks A strategic consulting engagement facilitated by Collibra
Client takeaway – customized client-specific artifacts and
frameworks, strategic roadmap that multiple teams and Business
have contributed to