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This beautiful home has covered parking for 2 or more cars, with a 1 car garage. It is located at a T in the canal with beautiful water views in three directions. Cable TV with high speed internet, DVD/Blue Ray and WIFI. Fully stocked kitchen, washer and dryer. Dock with boat davits and outdoor shower. Patio with outdoor seating and table for enjoying a meal looking out over the water. Enjoy kayaking or bike riding with the included equipment.
Central heat and air.
Enjoy watching the birds, ducks, fish, and manatees from the dock. If you like fishing there are plenty of fish to catch.
I have always enjoyed real estate and the water. Have lived in the Tampa Bay area for more than 20 years. Love getting out and enjoying the water and all that the area has to offer. Enjoy fishing and cooking fresh fish for my girls.
David Dilday purchased this house in 2012
This is like a piece of old Florida with it's quaint little towns and water front restaurants. Love the direct access to the Gulf, fishing, crabbing, kayaking, and watching sunrises and sunsets. Sit and relax under the shade of the old pecan tree and feel the cool breezes and listen to the sound of the birds as your stress melts away. Very relaxing and peaceful. It is very close to most major attractions like Busch Gardens, MOSI, Disney, Clearwater Beach, Tarpon Sponge Docks, etc.
Love getting up early in the morning with cup of tea or coffee and watching the sunrise over the water.
Also love having a great meal at Sam's on the Gulf and then going for an ice cream at the Ice Cream Shop down the street.
Equipped with kayaks and bikes for your enjoyment.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful beach home with our family. We enjoyed the comfortable home. Fishing was a lot of fun. Hope to be back again soon.
Paradise Palms is a great place to stay. The house was clean when we arrived, comfortable and had many extras that one would not expect in a rental. A good location for day trips.
We really enjoyed Paradise Palms! It wasn't warm enough for us to use the kayaks, but we grilled on the patio and watched the birds - and we even had a dolphin in the canal one morning! The home is well-kept and David is a great host. The DVD player gave up the ghost one night and he was there the next morning with a replacement. It was nice that we were able to bring our dog. Veterans Memorial Park is not too far (10 or 15 minuted), and we walked there with the dog quite often. We also visited Homosassa Springs and Honeymoon Park, both within an hour's drive. We would definitely stay here again!
My husband and I wanted a weekend away and this was just that. The backyard opened up to a canal so we were able to fish in between rain storms. We enjoyed the huge tv while it rained. We were also able to bring our 3 dogs which is almost impossible to find.
The weather was raining on and off so my husband and I enjoyed the enormous TV and the convenience of fishing from the backyard in between rain storms. I needed a weekend away to relax and that's exactly what I got. My 3 doggies came with us which made this stay away from home even better. Will definitely be coming back with the kids in the future. Bring a small fan for the back porch as its not ventilated very well. Besides that it was great!
House was not what I expected, it is a 3 bd but has small living area, there's not a lot of parking, and the house only has essentials u should bring towels and washcloths all ur spices and if u plan to cook bring pots and pans we stayed for 5 days 4 nights we where told it came with towels and all amenities but when we got there we had to buy towels, and a cheap set of pots and pans and bowels to cook the coldest the ac ever got was 77 the nicest thing about the place was the kayaks and bikes the kids enjoyed them but will not book this house ever again my suggestion to the owner buy a bunch of towels and stock ur kitchen the house should be a home away from home I rent homes along the coast 2 times a summer and never came across this before
I was charged a cleaning fee but when we came the bathroom needed cleaning and all the counters in the kitchen the floor was not mopped felt the owner just getting that money for free
Very nice house and close to all gulf coast attractions. Me and my 3 teenagers enjoyed the house very much.
Come enjoy the relaxing, quiet, tropical breezes of Paradise Palms. Watch a beautiful sunrise over the water, go fishing off the dock, go kayaking or bike riding to the beach with the included kayaks and bikes.
Hudson Beach is a small relaxing beach, 5 minutes away from the house, where you can lay in the sun or play in the sand. There are also swings for the kids to enjoy. There are many great beach restaurants within a mile – Sam's Beach Bar, Inn on the Gulf, Hurricane Hanks and Ollie Oysters. There are several stores within a mile of the house, including a Wal-Mart Supercenter, Winn Dixie Grocery, and Walgreen's Drug. There are several major restaurants, a shopping mall and movie theatres a short drive away. A major hospital, Bayonet Point Medical Center, is less than 5 minutes away.
A little farther south is the famous Tarpon Springs Sponge Docks where you can walk the streets of this quaint Greek town and enjoy their delicious food. Traveling further south are the cities of Tampa, Clearwater & St. Petersburg. Enjoy Busch Gardens, MOSI, or any of the numerous beaches. A little farther north is Weekie Wachee Springs State Park, known for its mermaid shows. Only 1-1/2 hours east of us is Orlando famous for Disney World, Universal Studios & Sea World. If you're a golfer, there are a dozen or more courses in the area including one only a few miles up the road from the house. If you don't have a boat there are a number of nearby marinas that offer boat rentals.
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|Weekend Night
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My Standard Rate
2 night minimum stay
|Cleaning Fee
|$95 + Tax
|Pet Fee
|$25 + Tax
|Refundable damage deposit
|Tax Rate
Minimum age is 25.
Minimum night rental subject to change during holidays.
Must call to let us know what type of pet you have.
Deposit will be refunded if there is no damage to house.
* Approximate monthly rate. Actual rate will depend on the days of the month you stay.
Payment is usually accepted in the quoted currency (USD) unless the currency and the amount is specifically agreed in advance with the owner / advertiser.


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Organising Accountabilities for Data Quality Management
– A Data Governance Case Study
Kristin Weber+, Lai Kuan Cheong*, Boris Otto+, Vanessa Chang*
+Institute of Information Management
University of St. Gallen
Müller-Friedberg-Strasse 8
9000 St. Gallen, Switzerland
*School of Information Systems, Curtin Business School
Curtin University of Technology
Kent Street, Bentley,
Western Australia 6102, Australia
Abstract: Enterprises need corporate data quality management (DQM) that
combines business-driven and technical perspectives to respond to strategic and
operational challenges that demand high-quality corporate data. Hitherto,
companies have assigned accountabilities for DQM mostly to IT departments.
They have thereby ignored the organisational issues that are critical to the success
of DQM. With data governance, however, companies implement corporate-wide
accountabilities for DQM that encompass professionals from business and IT. This
study examines a large organisation that has adopted an ad-hoc data governance
model to manage its data. It was found that its DQM efforts were hampered mainly
by the lack of clear roles and responsibilities and the lack of mandate to carry out
data quality improvement initiatives. In order to promote effective DQM, this
research identifies a data governance structure with the emphasis on collaboration
between business and IT to support organisations.
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1 Introduction
Companies are forced to continuously adapt their business models. Global presence
requires harmonised business processes across different continents, customers ask for
individualised products, and service offerings must be industrialised [cf. KÖ06]. These
factors certainly impact the business process architecture and the IT strategy of
organisations. Ultimately, however, data of high quality is a prerequisite for fulfilling
those changing business requirements and for achieving enterprise agility objectives
[NL06a]. In addition to such strategic factors, some operational domains directly rely on
high-quality corporate data, such as business networking [Ve00; Ma04; Te04], customer
management [ZG03; RC05; CM06], decision-making and business intelligence [SZW03;
PS05], and regulatory compliance [Fr06].
Data quality management (DQM) focuses on the collection, organisation, storage,
processing, and presentation of high-quality data. In addition, there are organisational
issues that must be addressed, such as maintaining sponsorship, managing change and
expectation, defining accountabilities, enforcing mandates, and handling political issues
[Wa98a; En99; Ep06; Th06]. Despite those organisational aspects, responsibility for
improving data quality and managing corporate data is often assigned to IT departments
[Fr06]. Also, many companies try to cope with data quality (DQ) issues by simply
implementing data management or data warehouse systems. Surveys on data
warehousing failures reveal that organisational rather than technical issues are more
critical to their success [WFA04].
Successful DQ programs identify the organisational processes behind DQ [BN07]. In
order to address both organisational and IT perspectives an integrated approach to DQM
is required. With data governance, companies implement corporate-wide accountabilities
for DQM that encompass professionals from both business and IT. Data governance
defines roles and assigns accountabilities for decision areas to these roles. It establishes
organisation-wide guidelines and standards for DQM and assures compliance with
corporate strategy and laws governing data.
There are only few academic resources about data governance. Apart from a few DQM
approaches dealing with accountabilities [Re96; En99], an elaborate analysis of the
interaction of roles and responsibilities, and the design of decision-making structures is
missing. For our research, we therefore incorporate data governance sources from
consultants, analysts and practitioners [e.g., Sw05; De06a; DL06a; MS06; NL06b; Ru06;
Th06; BN07].
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The conclusion from these sources is that data can be managed more effectively and
successfully through the adoption of a data governance structure. This paper outlines a
case study of an Australian utility company ("Water Inc."1) to determine the justification
for formal data governance. Our main contribution is to demonstrate how formal data
governance structures contribute to successful DQM based on this case study. The paper
exposes how the state of the art in data governance was adopted by the company in order
to build a virtual, boundary-spanning organisation for managing data quality effectively.
The remainder of the paper is structured as follows: Section 2 introduces related work on
data quality management and data governance. It provides an overview of formal data
governance structures. Section 3 outlines the research methodology and the case study
company "Water Inc.". Section 4 describes the initial situation at "Water Inc." and
details its data governance approach. Section 5 discusses the insights of the case study.
The last section, Section 6, summarises the paper and its contribution.
2 Background
2.1 Data Quality Management and Data Governance
We refer to data quality management as quality-oriented data management, i.e., data
management focusing on collecting, organising, storing, processing, and presenting
high-quality data2. The importance of organisational issues, such as maintaining
sponsorship, managing change and expectation, defining accountabilities, enforcing
mandates, and handling political issues, result from conflicts between different
departments, lines of business, and legal entities in which DQM operates. DQM is
boundary-spanning and provides many stakeholders (e.g., CxOs, sales, controlling,
procurement, IT, business units, customers, public authorities) with high-quality
corporate data by balancing their different interests (e.g., company-wide requirements,
laws and regulations vs. local and regional differences). Because of these particularities
of DQM, large multi-business companies are likely to have difficulties with
institutionalising DQM, i.e., defining accountabilities, assigning people accountable for
DQM within the organisational structure, and enforcing DQM mandates throughout the
Data governance – as part of DQM – addresses these particular issues within corporate
structures. Data governance specifies the framework for decision rights and
accountabilities to encourage desirable behaviour in the use of data3. Hence, data
governance encompasses two aspects: first, establishing accountabilities for DQM; and
second, defining corporate-wide guidelines and standards for DQM. This paper focuses
on the first aspect, because this aspect of data governance causes difficulties in most
1 Name of the company changed by the authors.
2 The term data is often distinguished from information by referring to data as "raw" or simple facts and to
information as data put in a context or data that has been processed [HLW99; PS05]. In line with most data or
information quality publications, we use the terms data and information interchangeably throughout the paper.
3 In the absence of academic definitions of data governance, this definition was adapted from the IT
governance definition of [We04].
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companies. Little practical guidance and few case studies of successful implementations
exist. Furthermore, established accountabilities are the pre-requisite for the second data
governance aspect – defining and implementing guidelines and standards.
Academic research on data governance is in its infancy. DQM approaches, such as Total
Data Quality Management (TDQM) [Wa98b; Wa98a; HLW99], insufficiently address
the allocation of accountabilities. They mainly outline DQM activities and decision
areas. TDQM defines only one accountable role, the information product manager,
which ensures that relevant, high-quality information products are delivered to
information consumers. Few DQM approaches, such as Total Quality data Management
(TQdM) by [En99] and DQ for the information age by Redman [Re96] deal with more
than one accountable organisational position or role, roles related to several
organisational levels, and their tasks and responsibilities.
However, an elaborate analysis of the interaction of roles and responsibilities, and the
design of decision-making structures is missing. Hence, companies might find it difficult
to establish and maintain organisational structures designed to assure and sustain high-
quality data throughout the enterprise. Findings of a recent survey among data
management professionals indicate that data governance is rarely adopted [Ru06]. Only
8% of respondents had deployed a data governance initiative, 17% were in the design or
implementation phase.
2.2 Organising Data Quality Management
Hierarchical organisational structures fail to support corporate DQ in situations where
data is used across organisational boundaries [Th06, 25], such as ensuring regulatory
compliance or supporting global process harmonisation. Therefore, data governance
establishes a "virtual organisation". It defines roles4 and their responsibilities for DQM
across organisational boundaries. It establishes committees5 to make important unbiased
DQM-related decisions to achieve the best result for the whole organisation.
For identifying the roles and organisational bodies involved in DQM, Thomas [Th06,
81ff] distinguishes three kinds of data governance approaches. In Governance via
Management managers execute decision-rights and set data-related rules. The
governance organisation is the existing organisational structure. Responsibilities for
DQM are not formalised. Governance via Stewardship is a more formal approach that
provides separate roles and responsibilities. The governance organisation is made up or a
hierarchy of data stewards and data owners. Data stewards typically define, create, or use
data and may formulate rules. The Governance via Governance approach clearly
distinguishes between governors (make rules and resolve issues) and data stewards
(work with data, ensure compliance with rules, and raise issues). Governance bodies
complement hierarchical management structures to address boundary-spanning DQM
4 A role bundles different business tasks that are carried out by a single person (employee) or an organisational
unit as well as their area of responsibility and competencies.
5 A committee is a politically-neutral organisational body that unites stakeholders from different parts of the
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Data governance surveys [Ru06], case studies [De06b; DL06b], and reports and books
from analysts and consultants [Sw05; DL06a; MS06; NL06b] follow that governance via
governance approach. These sources distinguish between three and five organisational
roles building the data governance organisation. Dyché and Levy [DL06a] and English
[En99] describe more specialised roles – they distinguish twelve and nineteen roles
The analysis of these sources results in a set of four typical roles and one committee –
the data quality board. Table 1 describes the roles and the committee. It provides a short
description, the level and part of the organisation to which the roles typically belong, and
the alternative names found in the sources. Names in brackets only partly match with
either the description or organisational assignment.
Role Description Organisational
Executive or senior
manager (e.g.,
Provides sponsorship,
strategic direction,
funding, advocacy and
oversight for DQM
Decides for corporate-
wide standards and
controls its
Strategic information steward
[En99], executive level [NL06b],
executive sponsor [MS06],
(executive council) [De06b]
Business information stewardship
team [En99], data governance
council [DL06a; MS06], data
governance committee [Ru06],
GRCS board [De06b], trustee
council [DL06b], (legislative level)
Master data coordinator [Sw05],
director of data management
[DL06a], chief steward [MS06],
corporate steward [Ru06], lead
stewards [De06b], (data czar)
Information professionals [Re96],
business information steward
[En99], business data steward
[DL06a], subject area steward
[NL06b], master data lead [Sw05],
domain steward [Ru06], business
steward [MS06], subject matter
expert [DL06b]
Database steward & information
architecture steward [En99],
technical steward [MS06], source
system data steward [DL06a]
Committee, chaired
by chief steward,
members are
business unit and
IT leaders as well
as data stewards
Puts the board's
decisions into practice,
enforces the adoption of
standards, helps establish
DQ metrics and targets
Senior manager
with data
Details the corporate-
wide DQ standards and
policies for his or her
area of responsibility
from a business
Professional from
business unit or
Provides standardised
data element definitions
and formats, profiles
source system details and
data flows between
Professional from
IT department
Table 1: Set of Data Quality Roles
The actual number of roles may vary from company to company. However, the roles
presented build a balanced and useful set when focusing on the strategic notion of
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corporate DQM. The data governance organisation is virtual, i.e., it does not create a
new organisational structure; it aligns and coordinates existing roles and cooperates with
established committees and roles, such as IT governance boards, central purchasing
committees, data architects or data security officers.
Against this background, this paper describes a case study of an Australian utility
company. Several incidents that took place related to the lack of maintenance on network
asset were the main business driver for starting a DQM initiative. Data for network
assets need to be of high quality for the maintenance program to be planned efficiently.
This paper outlines the process of implementing a data governance organisation within
the company and how it benefited from a formal data governance (via governance)
approach in its DQM initiative.
3 Research Methodology
3.1 Case Study Research
We adopted a case study research method which is particularly suitable for
understanding phenomena within their organisational context [BGM87; Ei89; Yi02].
Case study research allows researchers to carry out their studies in a natural setting, learn
about the actual process of managing data quality and generate theories from practice.
This also allows researchers to answer the 'how' and the 'what' questions in order to
understand the nature and complexity of the processes taking place. This is an
appropriate research method for an area that had few previous researches [BGM87]. As
outlined above, this is particularly true for data governance. Furthermore, data
governance is an emerging topic that needs further development and research [WO07].
The chosen utility company ("Water Inc.") manages data from various disparate systems
or sources, and the data involves different line of business units from multiple users and
stakeholders. The current user base is more than 100 users and data quality is the priority
concern for the organisation. The data collected from interviews with the IT Managers
and Data Managers were primarily qualitative in nature. The interviews were recorded
and later transcribed and analysed. The interview questions were designed to ascertain
the IT view of data-related issues and problems and the business view of data-related
issues and problems within the organisation. In addition, the study also investigated the
resolution and mediation methods that the organisation employed; and the deployment of
such methods. Additional information was also gathered from reviewing data
management documentation of the organisation. The documentation review provided
insight into the style of data quality management, methodology used for developing and
enhancing application systems, and the interaction between IT and business.
3.2 Water Inc.
Water Inc. is a large utility organisation in Australia with complex data integration
issues. This organisation provides essential services to approximately 890,000 industrial,
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commercial, and residential customers. Its main mission is to provide reliable supply by
maintaining the network and to restore the supply in the event when the supply was
interrupted. It is also responsible for building new network to meet the demands of
existing and future customers.
It employs more than 1,850 core staff with an asset base of nearly AU$3 billion. It
operates in a regulated market to ensure quality of service and the accessibility of its
network to all service retailer and supplier. Recently, Water Inc. was split into four
different business entities (regional and metropolitan retail business, generation business
and network/infrastructure (asset) management). Through this restructure, it had been
charged with AU$2.23 million of investment to increase the network reliability by 25%
over the next four years.
Water Inc. is obliged to regularly report to a government regulatory authority. The
government regulatory authority requires maintenance plans and proof that the company
had performed its duties in maintaining public safety, ensuring reliable supply, and
efficient management of its network infrastructure. The building and maintenance of the
network infrastructure requires the cooperation of several divisions: the asset
management division (setting the strategy for managing network assets), field services
(packaging of inspection and maintenance program), and works delivery (planning and
construction of new infrastructure).
A few years ago, several incidents related to the lack of maintenance on network asset
affected public safety and reliability of supply. This resulted in an inspection of the
conditions of the network assets. Data for these assets need to be current and accurate so
that a maintenance program can be planned efficiently. With this maintenance program,
the condition of the assets can be accurately determined and aging assets can be targeted
for replacement ensuring the reliability of the service network.
Water Inc. is also in the process of migrating its asset related data from its legacy asset
management systems to Ellipse, an Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) system and is
also planning to replace its custom-built Geographical Information System (GIS) with an
off-the-shelf GIS. The successful migration of these legacy systems depends largely
upon the quality of the asset and spatial data. For example, in order to locate assets the
XY coordinates and GPS references must be accurate; in order to identify the number of
customers affected by an asset malfunction the connectivity of the network must be
accurate. Recently, a dedicated Data Management department was created to manage
asset data and its related information systems for the Asset Management division. This
department is responsible for ensuring data quality and providing strategic direction for
the asset related data initiatives. It consists of three teams: First, the Data Management
(DM) team is responsible for providing strategic and tactical direction on data related
issues, conducting quality assurance and data cleansing activities; second, the Data
Services team enters data for asset related application systems (distribution network) and
provides underground asset information to external parties conducting trenching
activities; and third, the GIS Strategist team is responsible for the strategic direction of
any spatial data related issues, such as positional accuracy and graphical representation
of data.
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4 Data Governance at Water Inc.
This research focuses on the activities within the DM team at Water Inc. This team acts
as data stewards. It has knowledge of the business processes and an in depth knowledge
of the asset related information systems. Currently, it is facing difficulties with managing
asset related data as an enterprise asset. The DM team feels it is managing data in a
reactive and ad hoc manner, it has no direct access to its source database, it has
difficulties obtaining consensus on data related issues, its data improvement projects
were mostly overrun and over budget, and any attempt to set data-related standards had
not been taken seriously by other groups of the business and IT. In light of this, the DM
team started a data governance initiative and the following remediations were instigated
to address these issues:
Reactive data management. The DM team establishes a data quality strategy
to improve and maintain data quality. Based on the strategy, a work plan for
IT related project and resource management is set-up.
Asset data not easily accessible. The asset data is stored in several disparate
databases and maintained by different application systems.
Data improvement project mostly overrun and over budget. A dedicated
project manager is appointed to liaise between the business and IT and to
ensure that the data stakeholders' expectation and communication are
managed effectively. There is still a lack of IT tools for data profiling and
data cleansing.
Difficulty in setting data standards. Data standards are important for the
migration of data from legacy systems to the new ERP system [CS01]. The
DM team plans to purchase a metadata repository.
Difficulty in obtaining consensus on data related issues. Data users are
spread across the organisation, spanning different divisions. A data
custodianship policy was drawn up but was difficult to put into action as it
did not have a governance structure to enforce this policy.
This data governance model corresponds to the governance via stewardship approach
[Th06]. However, this form of governance is not working for the DM team due to the
following reasons: first, a lack of mandate from senior executives results in no power to
act; second, sometimes DQM projects have no priority as senior executives do not
understand their importance; and third, a lack of clear roles and responsibilities.
Obviously, there is no connection between those at the operational level who knows the
problem and those who have the power to make decisions but are removed from the
problem. In order to address the issue, the DM team put together a plan for the
governance via governance approach of data governance with executive support of the
Asset Management General Manager. It resulted in a data governance organisation based
on the following roles and responsibilities:
Data Governance Council. Membership of this council consists of
executives from various divisions who have an interest in the management
of asset data. They are responsible for endorsing policies, resolving cross
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divisional issues, engaging the IT council at the strategic level, strategically
aligning business and IT initiatives, and reviewing budget submission for IT
and non IT related projects.
Data Custodian. Asset data is managed by the data custodian on behalf of
Water Inc. He or she is responsible and accountable for the quality of asset
data. The data custodian resolves issues raised in user group meetings. If
issues become political and impacts stakeholders from other divisions, they
are escalated to the DG council level. The data custodian is also responsible
for endorsing data management plan, endorsing data cleansing plan,
ensuring data is fit for purpose, converting strategic plans into tactical plans,
change management, and stakeholder management.
Data Steward. Data stewards have detail knowledge of the business process
and data requirements. At the same time they also have good IT knowledge
to be able to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
They are led by the data custodian and are responsible for carrying out the
tactical plans. They act on behalf of the data custodian in stakeholder
management, change management, asset related information systems
management and project management. They manage user group meetings,
train and educate data users.
User Groups. Data stakeholders from various divisions are invited to the
user group meetings. These key data stakeholders consist of people who
collect the data, process and report off the data. Technical IT staff is also
invited to these meetings so that their technical expertise is available during
the meeting. This is also a venue where urgent operational data issues can be
tabled. The data users are responsible for reporting any data related issues,
requesting functionality that would help them collect data more efficiently,
and specifying reporting requirements.
The data governance structure in Figure 1 shows the business engagement with IT at the
strategic, tactical and operational levels. This level of engagement ensures that IT and
business are kept informed and IT initiatives align with the business data governance
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IT Organisation
IT Council
IT Technical
User Group
User Group
User Group
Figure 1: Data Governance Roles at Water Inc.
5 Discussion
The data governance structure at Water Inc. provides a structured framework for
mitigating the risks of DQM. It is scalable to include other divisions as the data
governance efforts within the DM team mature. The data custodianship and user groups
structure can be adopted by other division with the data governance council acting as the
'organisational glue'. Water Inc. had shown that business and IT need to work together
in order to manage corporate data effectively.
The roles and committee used in the data governance structure correspond on the whole
to the set described in Section 2.2. The data governance council corresponds to the data
quality board, the data custodian to the chief steward and the data stewards correspond to
the business data stewards. The Asset Management General Manager is the executive
sponsor of the data governance initiative. IT technical staff fills the role of the technical
data steward. Because of the operational nature of the user groups they have no
equivalent in a typical governance structure.
The DM team had provided insights into the difficulties in managing data as corporate
asset without proper authority. The following summarises the findings of this research:
The justification for formal data governance. This study had shown that
managing the data quality of enterprise data is not effective without a formal
data governance model. The reason for this is because of the lack of clear
roles and responsibilities among data stakeholders. Data governance also
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assists business in engaging IT (vice versa) to manage corporate data
The process of setting up a formal data governance program. The first step
to setting up a formal data governance program is to determine a data
governance structure. The structure provides escalation authority and a
transparent decision-making process. Roles and responsibilities are defined
so that members within the data governance structure are held accountable
for their actions. Water Inc. had largely achieved this, however as this
structure was recently introduced the success of its implementation cannot
be determined in this study.
Ability to carry out actions as a result of a formal data governance
structure. Given the clear structure, the DM team is able to purchase a data
profiling and metadata repository tool. The data profiling tool will allow the
DM team to discover anomalies more efficiently. The metadata repository
tool captures information about data so that it can be accessed by the whole
organisation. Metrics measuring the quality of data had also been developed.
The publication of these metrics will help management to determine the
success of data improvement initiatives.
Simple data governance structure and framework. The DM team did not
want a cumbersome framework that could cause bottlenecks and delays in
existing and future projects. With a proper structure and framework, the DM
team is able to steer strategic projects to conform to and maintain good data
governance. Nevertheless, Water Inc. moved from the governance via
stewardship to the governance via governance approach.
6 Conclusion and Future Work
Companies need data quality management that combines business-driven and technical
perspectives to respond to strategic and operational challenges demanding high-quality
corporate data. Data governance specifies the framework for decision rights and
accountabilities as part of corporate-wide DQM.
This paper investigates whether effective data quality management can be achieved
without formal data governance. Some insights into data governance initiatives in a large
utility organisation were obtained from this study. This paper underscores the
importance of a data governance structure together with policies and procedures for
managing data effectively. A data governance framework also enables collaboration
from various levels of the organisation and it also provides the ability to align various
data related programs with corporate objectives. This paper highlights that data
governance provides a structured framework for mitigating the risks of data
This research has thrown up many questions in need of further investigation. Given that
Water Inc. had only recently introduced a data governance structure, a longitudinal study
would give a better indication of the benefits and success of the data governance
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could investigate multiple case studies and compare the implementation of data
governance programs between organisations of different sizes.
With this paper we encourage IT and business to work together to achieve high quality
data. The case study had shown that IT has the technical know-how but business
sponsorship is important to give data quality programs visibility and direction.
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That's a great save! The top came out so nice & there is lot of space there for food & drinks & will work for small & large groups. You & DH did a very classy job, I like the sides of it also. Did you leave other side open or put some doors on it? Jan
frou ...you & DH have done it again! WOW! Another great project & more recycling! That cupboard probably would have been burned or in the dump! Love the mosaicing you did with "samples." WOW! That counter top is GORGEOUS! Ok, DH should be happy with his outdoor kitchen & you can both admire your GJ from here! Nice TS sink, too! TFS! Jeanne S.
Thanks guys. In all fairness it was a great recycling project, but not without some expense: siding, concrete backer board, grout, sealer, glue, nails and so on. It was still less expensive that haveing it built. Jan, we left the back open for now, but I put some bins in there to keep things in.


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I need some design assistance please. We have 2 leather chairs around our fireplace with bookshelves behind them. They face the couch on the opposite end of the room that has a coffee table next to the couch. My issue is that people who sit on the couch have the coffee table to put their drinks on but the people who sit on the chairs end up holding their drinks. I am not sure how to pair end tables e.g should it be 1 end table like an ottoman right in the middle of the chairs (but that will hide the nice fireplace view from the couch though :( ...) or 2 side tables next to each chair and if so on which sides and should they be the same? Maybe I should get nesting tables so that they can be moved around? Thanks for your help in advance.
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I think if you are not using the fireplace, I would set a round commode table there, between them, move them closer together. Get one with some bulk to it and you can also place a plant upon it, perhaps one that has a door that opens and closes (but is obscured)or one that has openings where you can tuck magazines or whatever away.
If, however, it is not large enough to accommodate drinks you could have a thick piece of glass cut round or square to set atop it.
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From the low-cost Lumia 430 to the flagship Galaxy S6 Edge, there's no shortage of exciting new devices on the way for budgets of all sizes. So, tell us, which handset are you planning to buy next?
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From the low-cost Lumia 430 to the flagship Galaxy S6 Edge, there's no shortage of exciting new devices on the way for budgets of all sizes. So, tell us, which handset are you planning to buy next?
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A new patent, filed by Apple, has come to light that shows an auxiliary screen on the side of an iPhone that can display information and app-specific toggles.
Apple held its 'Spring Forward' event today and during the announcement, Tim Cook, CEO of Apple, stated that the company has sold over 700 million iPhones since the device was announced.
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Google released an update for their iOS Google Play Music app earlier today, finally adding support for the iPad. The application allows you to store your music, download, stream and more.
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According to Edward Snowden, the iPhone has embedded software hidden from its users that allow government agencies to spy on them without their knowledge.
After its initial launch in New Zealand and Australia, Microsoft's Sway app for iPhone makes its way into more countries, allowing many people to create, edit and share interactive presentations.
Apple has recently been granted a patent that shows the company has been toying with the idea of a curved iPhone but just because they got the patent does not mean we will see it on retail shelves.
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Apple's legal team enters the new year full of joy as they face a class action lawsuit with accusations of engaging in unfair, deceptive, and fraudulent business and advertising.
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Apple's Russian store is back online after a brief absence but shoppers will likely be dismayed to find out that the company's products now cost approximately 35% more than they did last week.
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Microsoft gets in the holiday spirit by doubling its free albums offering, making the total of free downloadable music albums a whopping 100 through the Music Deals & Xbox Music apps.
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A man in China bought 99 iPhone 6 handsets and arranged them in a heart shape, in an attempt to impress his girlfriend as he proposed to her, in front of friends and onlookers. She was not impressed.
Microsoft has announced that it is dropping the requirement of an Office 365 subscription for its Office apps on iOS and, soon, on Android, effectively making Office free across all mobile devices.
A Russian news agency has revealed that the country is set to impose a ban on Apple devices connecting to the US due to storage of iCloud data overseas, which has been forbidden by a recent law.
A Microsoft infographic shows how many of its products - including a Lumia 635, wireless speaker, two headsets, portable charger and more - you can get for less than half the cost of an iPhone.
Apple has released iOS 8.1, which is available to download now, and includes various features such as Instant Hotspot, Continuity improvements and support for the company's Apple Pay service.
Microsoft's personal assistant is improving at an incredible rate. The latest update to Cortana brings new contextual app suggestions, evening glance, flight info and more.
Microsoft has released an updated version of its Skype app for iPhone, with improvements to optimize the UI to display more conversations and messages on the larger iPhone 6 and 6 Plus
With all of the negative press that Apple has received over bending phones, one user is testing the "bendability" of several different phones and found that the new Note 4 isn't very bendable.
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With the iPhone 6 now out, and Nokia's top-of-the-line Lumia Icon readily available too, we put their two cameras against each other to see who has the better glass at the top end of the market.
Apple has announced that they sold a total of 10 million iPhone 6 and 6 Plus devices over the weekend which is a personal best for the company and shows that there was pent up demand for a new phone.
Apple has topped the CoolBrands list yet again - but Google and YouTube also made it into the top-10, as did Instagram. However, Twitter fell out of the top-20, while Microsoft was nowhere to be seen.
Deciding to queue for a technology device is a big deal for many people, but how is the experience and is it really worth all those hours of standing up in the hope of getting hold of something new.