Registration: 8:30 am
Workshop starts: 9:00 am
Workshop ends: 12:15 pm

Facilitator:
Lwanga Yonke, Industry Analyst and Advisor, International Association for Information and Data Quality

About the workshop:
How can a Data Governance leader
a) convincingly demonstrate the value of Data Governance
b) align Data Governance activities with business goals and
c) clearly define success and incent the right behaviors?

These are fundamental challenges and opportunities most Data Governance professionals struggle with routinely.A balanced scorecard provides Data Governance leaders a powerful method to achieve these goals and more.  Whether focusing on data quality, compliance and risk, MDM, metadata management, structured or unstructured data, etc., individually or as part of a comprehensive approach to Data Governance, a well-defined balanced scorecard provides actionable insights about the most important features of the Data Governance strategy and suggests the desired interventions needed to improve results.Participants in this workshop will learn how to define a scorecard that is rooted on vision and strategy and that balances four essential components of effective performance:  financial, internal business processes, learning and growth, and customer focus.  Several real-life examples are used to illustrate concepts.This highly interactive workshop will be beneficial to those seeking to enhance the value and effectiveness of their Data Governance function. Participants will leave equipped with a robust technique to develop or polish their Data Governance strategy and turn it into effective action.

Topics include:
»» Identifying the vital few metrics
»» Linking metrics to organisational goals and business strategy
»» Establishing the right accountabilities
»» Metrics as the foundation for improvement
»» Avoiding the most common measurement traps
»» A checklist for metrics quality

About your workshop leader:
C. Lwanga Yonke is a seasoned information quality and data management leader with more than 20 years of oil industry experience. He has successfully designed and implemented projects in multiple areas, including information quality, data governance, data management, business intelligence, data warehousing, data architecture and document management. His initial experience is in petroleum engineering and operations.

An ASQ Certified Quality Engineer, Lwanga earned an MBA from California State University and holds a BS degree in petroleum engineering from the University of California at Berkeley.

Lwanga is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers (SPE) and a senior member of the American Society for Quality (ASQ).  He is a founding member of the International Association for Information and Data Quality (IAIDQ) and currently serves as an Advisor to the IAIDQ Board and as a board member for several other non-profit organizations

Lwanga is the recipient of the 2011 IAIDQ Distinguished Service Award, and the 2008 SPE Western North America Regional Management and Information Award.