Attach roles to domains

Owners set rules and priorities, stewards manage daily quality and definitions, and technical teams implement controls. A central team cannot know every data context.

Build domains around business entities and workflows.

Define decisions, not committees

For access, definition changes and quality incidents, specify who decides and by when.

  • Critical data catalogue
  • Quality issue queue
  • Access approval process
  • Definition change log

Show value through use

Measure success through faster discovery, fewer errors and dataset reuse rather than policy volume.

This creates an AI-ready foundation without turning governance into a separate world.