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 :
| Data Governance | Data Management |
What is | Activity that increases the business value of data being used as an asset without compromising its security, integrity, or privacy | Processes and tools to support data consumption by following the data governance guidelines |
Focus and Objectives | Making sure data is managed in the right way | Using data to achieve business goals |
People | Data Stewards Data Owners business managers and business stakeholders | Data Engineer Data administrator BI developers |
Who owns it | Business | IT |
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.
