EQuIS Data Governance
Businesses that have environmental compliance requirements frequently invest in an environmental data management system (EDMS) such as EQuIS™. EarthSoft recognized a need within the environmental data market for guidance and standards. EarthSoft has developed an EQuIS Data Governance Initiative working in collaboration with strategic clients (industrials, governments, consultants, and laboratories). Improving management of an organization’s environmental data as an asset is the overall goal of the initiative.
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Specific goals of the EQuIS Data Governance Initiative include:
- Enterprise-level policies and standards supporting business drivers for data governances
- Data governance organizational framework with listed roles and responsibilities
- Functional design for sustainable governance of EQuIS data
- Standard, streamlined workflows for EQuIS software implementations
- Reports and tools to perform data governance activities and generate performance metrics
- Interoperability between multiple consultants and laboratories
The second edition of The Governance of Data Managed in EQuIS written by EarthSoft provides details to help organizations successfully implement an EQuIS data governance program and sustain EQuIS data investments.
Why Organizations Perform Data Governance
Common business drivers motivating organizations to invest in EQuIS data management and data governance include:
- Growth / Business Agility – Arrive at decisions and recommendations faster with increased efficiency and accuracy.
- Lower Costs / Operational Efficiency – Streamline workflows and automate data-related business processes.
- Risk Management / Compliance and Security – Define data standards, policies, and processes with clear roles and responsibilities to ensure compliance with internal and external policies and regulations.
- Improve Data Quality – Ensure data are accurate, complete, timely, relevant for a given use, and consistent with all requirements.
- Sustainability of the organization’s EQuIS data investments.
Data Governance and EDMS — The Short Story
What is data governance and why is it important? Our overview article provides a short answer to these questions as well as a summary of EQuIS Data Governance elements and tools.
EQuIS Data Governance Checklist
EarthSoft works with organizations to establish their EQuIS Data Governance programs based upon their business goals and drivers and data principles. The EQuIS Data Governance Checklist provides an overview of data governance elements that are important for maximizing investments in their EQuIS data management system.
EQuIS Data Governance Presentation
Dan McCarthy, EarthSoft Account Manager, presented on the EQuIS Data Governance Initiative and lessons learned from several of our clients at the 2022 ICEDM Conference in Portland, Oregon, USA.
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