5 steps to expanding Collibra Data Governance adoption in your company

It’s an unfortunate truth of data governance: As passionate as you may be about democratizing access to clean, trustworthy data, not everyone in your organization will share the same enthusiasm.

Many companies embark on data governance initiatives only to encounter administrative roadblocks, insufficient funding, and a general reluctance to adopt a new system. For a data champion, few things are more frustrating than seeing a brilliant plan to centralize enterprise databases tumble to the bottom of a manager’s priority list.

This was the situation Rebecca Royster found herself in as the Data Enablement Lead at UCB. The Belgium-based pharmaceutical company invested in the Collibra platform in 2019 before expanding its data governance initiative to its U.S. office in Atlanta. But despite the program’s potential to streamline analytics and improve quality control, it simply wasn’t gaining traction.

“The biggest feedback we received was that the teams rolled out a wonderful product, and relatively few people were using it,” Rebecca recalls.

To inspire a higher adoption rate, UCB enlisted the help of data consulting firm First San Francisco Partners (FSFP). As specialists in using data to unlock competitive advantages, FSFP recommended a five-step process to develop an aligned data strategy involving key stakeholders in all departments and at all levels of the organization.

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