{"id":24,"date":"2022-06-09T12:51:44","date_gmt":"2022-06-09T12:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eck.uidev.site\/?page_id=24"},"modified":"2022-08-30T15:02:19","modified_gmt":"2022-08-30T15:02:19","slug":"evaluation","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/evaluation\/","title":{"rendered":"Evaluation Criteria"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"#tile\">View the 16 evaluation&nbsp;criteria.<\/a><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 3\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bggrey b80w notoppover footover cignore singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"moretxt\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>Eckerson Group has defined 16 criteria for evaluating and select the most suitable data governance platform for your organization. Most of these emanate from the data governance platform framework in the <a href=\"http:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/technology\/\">prior section<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To facilitate your evaluation and selection process, we have created an <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=data-governance-platforms-evaluation-worksheet\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interactive spreadsheet<\/a> that you can download to score and compare vendors according to our criteria. Feel free to modify the criteria, add your own criteria, and adjust the weighting to create a custom score sheet to support your selection process.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"cfigure bgwhite\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Screenshot of our Evaluation Spreadsheet for Data Governance Platforms<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\t<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=data-governance-platforms-evaluation-worksheet\">\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/eval-crit.png\" alt=\"\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"close\" href=\"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2022\/07\/eval-crit.png\">Close<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\" z-index: 2\" class=\"simplesub wow zoomIn bgorange b60w topunder nofootpover cignore singleyes\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"textblockwrap\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"sub\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t\n\n\n\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"vidimg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"img\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"iframelink\">youtu.be\/LTlZcS_3yMk<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<iframe class=\"videoem\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LTlZcS_3yMk?rel=0\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"txtlnk\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wayne Eckerson reviews the criteria your organization should use when evaluating data governance platforms.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\t\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\n\n<div id=\"button\" class=\"entry-content\">\n \n\t\t<div class=\"butwrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"but\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=data-governance-platforms-evaluation-worksheet\">\n\t\t\t\tDownload Evaluation Spreadsheet\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n<div id=\"tile\" class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<h2 class=\"unboxed\">The 16 criteria are: <\/h2>\t<div class=\"tile info bgblue fourcol numbyes\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal1\">\n\t\t\t\t1\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data governance portal<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>One place to go for data owners, data stewards, data curators, and data consumers to obtain information about the data governance program or find links to applications to submit requests or perform data governance work.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal2\">\n\t\t\t\t2\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data governance search<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A universal search function to search the data catalog, the portal, or other metadata repositories.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal3\">\n\t\t\t\t3\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Decision rights<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An application that defines, documents, and in some cases, enforces permissions to perform various data governance tasks.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal4\">\n\t\t\t\t4\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data catalog<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A metadata repository that collects and organizes information about enterprise data assets, including data sets, views, queries, reports, and AI models.\u00a0 A data catalog addresses the need for data discovery, privacy management, data security, and self-service analytics, among other things.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal5\">\n\t\t\t\t5\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Business glossary<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An application that provides a consolidated list of business terms and concepts to support a common business language. The glossary enables business users to draft, edit, finalize, and store definitions of key terms and metrics and make them available to employees and applications via an API.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal6\">\n\t\t\t\t6\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Policy and compliance management<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An application that enables business users to manage the lifecycle of policies from creation to implementation, monitoring, maintenance, and eventual removal.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal7\">\n\t\t\t\t7\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Risk management<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>An application that enables business users to submit issues, risks,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0and requests that data stewards and administrators can prioritize, assign, track, and develop plans to resolve.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal8\">\n\t\t\t\t8\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data governance reporting<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>A custom, interactive dashboard that tracks the progress of data governance tasks, projects, and initiatives and displays KPIs that show how well the data governance program is meeting its goals and objectives.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal9\">\n\t\t\t\t9\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Collaboration<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Integration with collaboration tools, such as Slack, Jira, Sharepoint, and email to facilitate information sharing and agile decision making.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal10\">\n\t\t\t\t10\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data governance operations<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The procedures, workflows and automation required to efficiently execute data governance administrative tasks including prioritization, decision making, communications, escalations, and approvals.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal11\">\n\t\t\t\t11\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Data management<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The functions that ensure the creation, storage, integration, protection and delivery of quality data in alignment with data governance policies, rules, standards, and processes.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal12\">\n\t\t\t\t12\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Time to value<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Templates, starter kits, and professional services that accelerate the time required to deploy the data governance platform and gain adoption for its use.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal13\">\n\t\t\t\t13\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Integration.<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Prebuilt and custom APIs to integrate third party applications, such as BI tools, collaboration tools, and data catalogs.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal14\">\n\t\t\t\t14\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Vendor viability<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Indicators of a vendor\u2019s financial and market strength to ensure they have the resources to execute on their product vision and properly support customers.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal15\">\n\t\t\t\t15\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Pricing<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>The pricing model vendors use to charge for their platform. Do they charge by user, CPU, platform, sources, integrations?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"item wow fadeIn\">\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"numb wow fadeIn bgpal16\">\n\t\t\t\t16\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"txt\">\n\t\t\t\t<h2>Infrastructure<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t<p>Does the platform run on-premises, in the cloud, or a combination? Which components run where? Can the platform span multiple clouds and on-premises locations to support a single data domain?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n\t<div style=\"\" class=\"wow fadeInDown resources bggrey notoppover coldouble b60w\">\n\t<h2>Additional Resources<\/h2>\n\t<ul>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml ivideo\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LTlZcS_3yMk\">Video: Wayne Eckerson reviews the criteria your organization should use when evaluating data governance platforms.\u201d<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t<li><a class=\"icon sml idoc\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eckerson.com\/register?content=data-governance-platforms-evaluation-worksheet\">Worksheet: Evaluation Worksheet for Data Governance Platforms <\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>View the 16 evaluation&nbsp;criteria.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-24","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24"}],"version-history":[{"count":109,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1286,"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/24\/revisions\/1286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/markets.eckerson.com\/data-governance\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}