Many organizations are frustrated by the slow progress of their digital transformation. While there are many signs your digital transformation is in trouble, the most common is insufficient data quality.

Thankfully, there’s an easy way to improve the quality of your data: appoint a data steward. Here’s everything you need to know about this crucial role and how engineers can champion data stewards to improve data quality and accelerate digital transformation.

What is data stewardship?

Data stewardship is about managing an organization’s digital assets to provide engineers and other end users with high quality data that is quickly and consistently accessible.

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