Data Governance Course

The data governance course is for anyone tired of seeing important decisions made on top of a spreadsheet nobody knows the origin of. I've sat in leadership meetings where two reports, pulled from the same ERP, gave different numbers for the same question. Nobody had done anything wrong on purpose. Governance was simply missing.

This MDM Academy course is for analysts, coordinators, managers and directors in IT, data, quality, procurement and compliance who need to move out of the realm of goodwill and into the realm of process: who decides, who approves, who answers when the data is wrong.

What you learn in the course

You learn the pillars that support a real governance program: data policy, roles and responsibilities, the RACI matrix applied to master records, and indicators that prove the program is working and not just existing on paper. We work with real examples from procurement, supply chain and SAP projects, because that is where bad data shows up first: duplicate materials, suppliers without approval, incomplete records blocking a purchase order.

The course also shows how to set up a data committee that has an agenda, an owner and indicators, instead of turning into a monthly meeting with no decisions at all. And how to build the business case that convinces leadership to invest in something that, at first glance, looks like just back office.

How MDM Academy teaches

We teach from real project cases, not loose theory. I bring almost thirty years of SAP implementation and governance inside large companies, and MDM Academy was created to pass that on in a direct way, with no fluff. The course also helps you prepare for recognized market certifications, such as DAMA's CDMP, organizing the knowledge within the DAMA DMBOK.

Frequently asked questions

Do I need to be from IT to take the data governance course? No. Most students come from procurement, quality, supply chain and business areas. Data governance is a process decision before it is a system decision.

Is the course suitable for people who already have experience in the field? Yes. Many people who already work with data use the course to organize the knowledge they picked up in practice and to fill gaps that day-to-day work doesn't teach on its own.

Is data governance related to LGPD (Brazil's General Data Protection Law)? There is a direct relationship. Without a defined role and without a master data process, it is much harder to answer who is responsible when the law demands an explanation.

Does the course prepare you for a certification? The content organizes the knowledge needed for market certifications such as DAMA's CDMP, but the certification itself is issued by the responsible body, not by MDM Academy.

Get to know MDM Academy

This course is part of MDM Academy, the data governance and master data school of 4MDG. If you want to stop being someone who just suffers from bad data and become the person who fixes it, it's worth getting to know MDM Academy at [mdmacademy.com.br](https://www.mdmacademy.com.br).