Client

[Client]

Sponsor

[Name]

Data Governance Lead

[Name]

Consultant

Olivier Bouchez

Start date

[DD/MM/YYYY]

Scope

[Domains, entities, countries]

Jira board

[link]

Roadmap

[link]

1. Get to know: as-is analysis

Understand how data is governed today, before changing anything.

2–4 weeks

The sponsor validates the as-is report and the list of priority documents.

2. Where are we going: gaps, use cases and roadmap

Assess eight dimensions, select priority domains and use cases, build the roadmap.

4–6 weeks

The sponsor and the council approve the roadmap and the priority use cases.

3. Set up the programme

Create the project review board, score and select the projects, start them.

2–3 weeks

The PRB has selected the first projects; each one has a charter, an owner and a backlog.

4. Deliver and follow up the projects

Run the projects in sprints, report at each sprint, adjust with the PRB.

Ongoing · 2-week sprints

The use cases are delivered and the client team runs the sprints and the PRB without the consultant.

Consultant (Olivier Bouchez)

Runs the analysis, facilitates the workshops, writes the deliverables, coaches the teams

[Name]

Executive sponsor

Owns the mission, validates the scope and the roadmap, unlocks resources

[Name]

Data Governance Lead

Day-to-day counterpart; will own the governance programme after the mission

[Name]

Data Governance Council / Project Review Board

Decides priorities, arbitrates between domains, approves policies and the portfolio

[Name]

Data Owners

Accountable for a data domain; product owners of the domain use cases

[Name]

Data Stewards

Maintain definitions, quality rules and catalogue content day to day

[Name]

IT, data architecture and security (CISO)

Databases, access management, tools, security controls

[Name]

Data Protection Officer, legal and compliance

GDPR, AI Act, contracts, ethics

[Name]

PMO and project managers

Portfolio, planning, resources, Jira / Confluence administration

[Name]

Day 1

Kick-off with the sponsor and the governance lead: scope, contacts, calendar, access to documents.

Days 2–5

Collect documents and applications; first interviews (governance lead, DPO, IT, PMO).

Days 6–9

Interviews of data owners, stewards and main consumers; fill in the reference checklist.

Day 10

First feedback to the sponsor: what exists, what is missing, what to tackle first.