An enterprise information governance (IG) program is supposed to help organizations reduce costs and risk while improving access to valuable information, but most mature enterprises find the idea of implementing such a program to be daunting. It doesn’t have to be. By understanding the true value to the enterprise of information assets, and by taking a simple, step-by-step approach to making the necessary changes, effective IG can become a reality.

“Governance” is a framework or set of controls by which groups and phenomena operate. And it’s everywhere. Just about anything you can think of — your family unit, your circle of friends, automotive travel, the food industry, your homeowners’ association, trash collection, shopping at the mall and even snowflakes — has governance. Snowflakes? Yes, an established framework governs the different types of snowflakes that are created and what they look like based on the temperature range and water saturation level in the air. It’s the governance of nature that dictates what type of snowflake you get.

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