Data Governance vs. Data Management

How they collide

Data is a valuable asset for organizations. In order to leverage it needs to be effectively governed and managed.

Within the DAMA framework, DG is a centralized piece of data management.

There is still a lot of misinterpretation between those two terms so here is the difference overview :

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In a simple way, data governance establishes policies and procedures around data. In contrast, data management brings those policies and procedures to life, and uses that data for decision-making.