Management summary
Why data management is on the board agenda now, how DAMA DMBoK works and what it gives you. Three pages, no theory.
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The 11 DAMA DMBoK knowledge areas, translated into practice and results. An 18-page guide for executives, data leaders, DPOs and CIOs, with a plan for the first 90 days and a canvas you can fill in straight away.
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A light management guide: management summary, per knowledge area a relatable example, what it delivers and where to start. With a plan for the first 90 days and a Data Governance Operating Model Canvas as an appendix.
18 pages, PDF
Every organisation now decides on data: prices, stock, risk, care pathways, investments. AI adds a layer that only works when the underlying data is right. At the same time the GDPR, the EU AI Act and regulators set requirements for how you handle data. Organisations that do not govern their data pay for it in late reports, failed AI pilots, duplicate work and audit risk.
DAMA DMBoK is the international standard that brings order to this: eleven interconnected knowledge areas with data governance at the centre. The book itself runs to 628 pages. This guide cuts it back to what a board needs in order to decide where to start.
Contents
18 pages, PDF, available in English and Dutch. Not a summary of the book, but a translation into decisions.
Why data management is on the board agenda now, how DAMA DMBoK works and what it gives you. Three pages, no theory.
Per area the essence, a recognisable example from a European organisation, what it delivers and which first step makes sense.
Days 1 to 30 visibility, days 31 to 60 choices, days 61 to 90 first results. With the concrete actions per phase and who owns them.
Nine fields to capture your data governance operating model on one page. A completed example plus a blank version to use yourself.
Who it is for
The guide assumes no prior knowledge of DMBoK. Readers who already know the framework mostly use it to bring others along.
You decide what data management may cost and what it returns, without reading 628 pages of DMBoK first.
You know the framework and need a text that brings your management team along, in the language of decisions and results.
You want to see how the GDPR and the EU AI Act land in the governance, metadata, security and data quality areas.
Want to know where your organisation stands first? Take the DAMA maturity scan or explore the DAMA wheel.
After reading
In a half-hour conversation we work out which three knowledge areas hurt most in your organisation and what a sensible first step looks like.
Frequently asked questions
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English and Dutch. You receive the version in the language of the page where you made the request.
No. The guide explains what each knowledge area is before the example follows. No prior knowledge of the framework is needed.
DMBoK v2 is a 628-page reference work written for data management professionals. This guide runs to 18 pages and is written for the people who decide on budget and priority: one example per knowledge area, the result and the first step.
Yes. The PDF is meant to be passed around inside your organisation, for example as an attachment to a board paper. We ask you not to publish it on a public website; link to this page instead.