Modernizing Data Governance for Utility Companies

Modernizing Data Governance for Utility Companies

The Utility Industry is evolving and adapting to new regulations, changes in public perception and emerging market opportunities. Drivers of change include aging infrastructure, opportunities for decarbonization, the need for sustainability, cyber-security and moving towards green energy. Enabling modern data resources and capabilities to assist with these challenges is critical for success.

The world of data management also continues to change, but data governance doesn’t always keep pace. New governance practices and organizations are needed to be compatible with agile, big data, cloud, and self-service to support the changing business dynamics. Moving from control to community, from enforcement to prevention, from controls to services, and from committees to communities are at the core of data governance evolution.

Traditional data governance needs to ensure that internal data literacy and strategies continue to be aligned with the evolving business goals. It also needs to adapt to the realities of today’s data management practices. We need to start with the ABCs of modern governance — Agile, Big Data, and Cloud. Each of these has been in the mainstream for several years, yet most data governance organizations cling to practices of the past. More recently, self-service analytics and self-service data preparation have challenged the old governance methods.

Traditional data governance focuses on enforcement of policies and rules using rigorous controls and gates. While controls and enforcement continue to be needed, they must be complemented with support for the autonomy and agility of the self-service world. Enforcement works together with prevention. Guides and guardrails reduce the need for gates. The need to exercise controls is minimized when curating, coaching, crowdsourcing, and collaboration are integral parts of governance processes. In the modern data world, every data stakeholder plays a part in data governance.

Course Calendar

What You'll Learn

  • Where governance fits within modern data ecosystems in the utility industry
  • Process challenges for supplementing controls with collaboration and crowdsourcing
  • Organizational challenges for moving from data stewards to stewardship, curation, and coaching
  • Operational challenges for implementing a combination of gates, guardrails, and guides
  • Why data ethics is a data governance challenge and how to begin tackling the issue
  • Why you need to transition from traditional data stewards to stewardship, curation and coaching
  • How to use a data governance framework plan for data governance modernization and evolution

Who Should Attend?

  • Data governance professionals of all types
  • Data stewards and data curators
  • Business and technical leaders implementing and managing self-service data and analytics
  • Business and technical leaders who see current data governance practices as barriers to agility
  • Chief Data Officers and other executives responsible to shape data culture
  • Everyone with a role in modernizing data governance or an interest to know how and why data governance must change

Pricing

Virtual Training

In-Person Training

Virtual Training

UAI Member

$ 295 Early Bird Pricing*
  • Regular Pricing: $395

Non-Member

$ 495 Early Bird Pricing*
  • Regular Pricing: $595

In-Person Training

UAI Member

$ 695 Early Bird Pricing*
  • Regular Pricing: $795

Non-Member

$ 995 Early Bird Pricing*
  • Regular Pricing: $1095

Not a UAI member and interested in learning more? Contact our Membership Team!

UAI Utility Membership is at the organizational level and is designed to aid utilities looking to realize desired business outcomes using analytics. Membership benefits are centered around an experience that allows utility members to share insights, knowledge and practical application techniques.

UAI Utility Membership allows everyone with a stake in analytics to take the lead, get involved and start their journey to become a smarter utility analytics professional.

James Wingate
Membership Development Manager
jwingate@endeavorb2b.com
404-226-3756

Meet The Instructors

Mark-Peco

Mark Peco

Independent Consultant & Educator

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Mark LaRocque

Data & Analytics Executive

Jed Summerton

Analytic Leader & Practitioner

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