What does this change in practice?

One question reveals whether a steward exists: when two records disagree, who decides? Without an answer with a name, the disagreement is settled by whoever complained loudest, and the rule changes case by case.

Difference between data steward and data owner?

The owner answers for the domain in the company structure — usually a leader. The steward runs its governance day to day. In smaller companies, they are the same person.

How many stewards does a company need?

At least one per critical domain. The number grows with registration volume and with the number of systems consuming the data.

Glossário

Data steward

A data steward is the person accountable for a data domain: they decide what a valid record is, approve exceptions, measure quality and answer for wrong data. It is not a technology role — it is a business one, because the rules they define are business rules.

See the glossary MDG (Master Data Governance)

In practice

What this changes in your master data

One domain, one accountable person

Accountability shared by three areas is nobody accountable on the day of the hard decision.

They need data, not just authority

A steward without a quality indicator governs by impression. The panel exists to provide the number.

The role is dedicated, not stacked

Stacking it onto operations makes registration lose to urgency every day. [VERIFICAR: recommended dedication ratio, based on delivered projects]

Questions

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Related terms

MDG (Master Data Governance) · Master data · MDM (Master Data Management)

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