Data has become one of the largest sources of operational and legal risk. Weak controls expose organisations to fines, reputational damage and unreliable analytics, while unclear ownership slows every project that depends on data. Good governance replaces ad hoc fixes with agreed rules, accountable people and routine measurement.

The Governance and Compliance in Data Governance, Quality & Stewardship Training Course takes participants from the foundations of a governance programme to everyday stewardship practice. They learn how to secure sponsorship, choose an operating model, write policies that people will follow and assign owners and stewards with realistic responsibilities. The course then turns to quality: defining rules for completeness, accuracy, validity, timeliness and uniqueness, profiling data, tracing root causes and tracking improvement.

A compliance thread runs through the week. Participants map personal and regulated data, apply classification and retention rules, review third-party sharing and prepare evidence for audits and supervisory inquiries. Sessions combine short lectures, templates and workshops using sample datasets and policy extracts. Each participant ends with a draft governance charter, a stewardship role description, a quality scorecard and a compliance gap list for their own organisation.

By the end of the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain the components of a data governance framework and choose an operating model.
• Draft data policies, standards and a governance charter with clear decision rights.
• Define data owner, steward and custodian roles and their accountabilities.
• Profile data and set quality rules across the main quality dimensions.
• Establish issue management and root cause processes for data defects.
• Map personal data and apply classification, retention and access requirements.
• Prepare evidence and reporting that demonstrates governance compliance to auditors and regulators.

The programme is relevant to people who own, manage, protect or audit organisational data, including:

• Data governance and data quality managers
• Data protection officers and privacy leads
• Compliance and risk officers
• Records and information managers
• ICT, database and information security staff
• Business intelligence and analytics leads
• Internal auditors reviewing information controls
• Programme managers in government, banks, health and development organisations

Participants leave the course with:

• A draft data governance charter and committee structure.
• A stewardship role description they can adapt and issue.
• A data quality scorecard with rules and thresholds.
• A data inventory and classification starter template.
• A compliance gap list against privacy and information security expectations.
• A 90-day plan for launching or strengthening governance in their organisation.

The course favours templates and working sessions over theory. Delivery includes:

• Facilitated workshops to draft charters, policies and role descriptions
• Profiling and rule-writing labs on sample datasets
• Data mapping exercises using a fictional organisation's systems
• Incident and audit scenarios to test compliance readiness
• Peer review of each participant's governance roadmap

Participants who complete the sessions and the practical workshops are awarded a CPD-accredited Certificate of Completion issued by Vision Reach Global Consultancy.