Chapter 4 Organizational Aspects of Data Management

In this chapter, we zoom into the organizational aspects of data management. We begin by elaborating on data management and review the essential role of catalogs and metadata, both of which have already been introduced in chapter 1. We then discuss metadata modeling, which essentially follows a similar database design process as what we described in chapter 3. The topic of data quality is also extensively covered in terms of both its importance and its underlying dimensions. Next, we introduce data governance as a corporate culture to safeguard data quality. The chapter concludes by reviewing various roles in data modeling and management such as information architect, database designer, data owner, data steward, database administrator and data scientist.