Governance Outcomes — OKRs, Critical Data and Data Products

Good governance should explain why effort is being spent, not only which policies exist.

OKRs

Objectives and Key Results connect a Governance Domain to the outcomes it is trying to achieve and provide measurable evidence of progress.

Critical Data Elements

Critical Data Elements identify information that deserves particular attention because of its importance to business operations, reporting, risk, regulation or decision-making.

Data Products

Data products package governed data assets around a defined use case so consumers can find, understand and request access to useful data.

Use them together

Governance Professionals can use these concepts to prioritise effort: OKRs define the outcome, Critical Data Elements identify important information, and Data Products provide a consumer-facing way to organise and govern the assets needed to deliver that outcome.