Ownership and policy
Define decision rights, stewardship, and permitted use.

Data Governance clarifies which data matters, who owns it, how quality is measured, and who may use it in each context.
Define your Data Governance scopeWhen teams do not know where data came from, who owns it, or who resolves errors, each project rebuilds control independently and risk grows with adoption.
Define decision rights, stewardship, and permitted use.
Make data discoverable with definitions and business context.
Measure quality and trace origin, transformation, and impact.
Control permissions, retention, and handling throughout the lifecycle.
Prioritize domains affecting reporting, operations, or control.
Name owners, stewards, and decision workflows.
Implement catalog, quality rules, lineage, and access.
Track issues, resolution, and use before scaling to new domains.
Share your goals, current environment, and priority scope to prepare for a conversation with ICS.