Metadata Management & Enterprise Architecture: Understanding Data Governance and Stewardship, Part 2

Data stewardship is the function that instantiates and controls the execution of a data governance program. Data stewards are those individuals charged with the careful and responsible management of metadata and data entrusted to their care. Stewards are not the owners of the data; they are responsible for ensuring that the data and its metadata are accurate, accessible, usable and current. The data steward acts as the conduit between IT and the business. The data steward (which is often not just one person, but a collection of people) aligns the business needs with the IT systems providing both decision and operational support. The data steward has the challenge of guaranteeing that one of the corporation’s most critical assets – its data – is used to its fullest capacity.

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