Reference Templates

Ready-to-adapt governance templates

Modular templates built from a structured benchmark of 17 published data governance policies and frameworks, DAMA-DMBOK2, DCAM, and ISO 8000 — free to download and adapt to your organization's context.

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Generic Data Governance Policy Framework

A modular, decision-driven template — core essentials plus optional extensions — built to adapt to your organization's context. Grounded in DAMA-DMBOK2, DCAM and ISO 8000, and a benchmark review of 17 published governance policies.

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Data Governance Profile Questionnaire — Scoring Guide

Companion scoring key to the interactive Data Governance Profile tool: how to tally responses, the four result profiles, and how to use the result to calibrate the rest of the framework.

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