ANNEX A

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
Data Governance Assessment

Data governance awareness

1. What do you know about data governance?
 Does the WVDF have a data governance framework/strategy?
o No. But there are similar fragmented related initiatives implemented
in some departments (e.g Data inventory and workflows in PIA,
digital marketing and analytics, KM and others)
 How will you explain the WVDF’s readiness in crafting, adopting, and
implementing a data governance framework and strategy?
o WVDF has been already doing similar ideas but on different
approach. Doing digital marketing, web analytics, integrations,
globalizations and data privacy compliance. This framework will
formalize everything.
 Who are the relevant stakeholders (business, technical) of WVDF? Which
function/s is/are involved in data governance or related work in WVDF?
o SMIL, Risk (EDO), Finance, ICT, Operations
 What are the overarching goals (mandate) and KPIs of the WVDF?
o Digital Transformation
 What are the current business needs of the WVDF related to data
governance and data stewardship (i.e., regulatory/compliance, business
goals)?
o Data Privacy Compliance, Data Warehousing
 How do you think will a data governance framework and strategy help the
WVDF in fulfilling its goals and mandate?
o Formalize and enforce data management and data protection

Unified metadata management

2. What are the current data management practices of WVDF?
 Do you have unified metadata management in WVDF? How will you
assess your current metadata management?
o No. But we started defining organizational meta data before (ICT,
Finance, SMIL) when we started our Data Warehouse project. The
project was not completed until now.
 What metadata management policies or practices are being implemented?
 Who are involved in WVDF in metadata management?

Standard and clear access controls

3. Which function/s is/are responsible in securing, controlling, and providing access
in WVDF?
 What key data are accessible and to whom?
o Donors, beneficiaries, staff, financials
 What data sharing practices are being implemented in WVDF?
 o DPA
 How do you control access to data and sharing within the agency? Who
are involved in maintaining this process?
o Data sharing agreements

Enable data sharing

4. Who is/are the end user/s that need/s continuous access to relevant data in
WVDF?
 What are the relevant data sharing protocols (internal and external) being
implemented in WVDF?
 What are the available resources necessary to ensure efficient data
sharing?

Support for data lineage

5. How is data being managed, controlled, and consumed in WVDF?
 What are the tools and other relevant resources used to support data
lineage?
 Which function/s is/are responsible to support data lineage in the agency?
6. How is the flow or movement of data being tracked within WVDF?

Improved data quality

7. What data quality measures and best practices are being implemented in
WVDF?
 What are the tools and other relevant resources used to support data
lineage?
 Which function/s is/are responsible to support data lineage in the agency?
 ANNEX B
SELF-ASSESSMENT PART I
Data Governance Assessment

Data Governance Self-Assessment Test

Kindly assess where you are on the 1-5-point scale below on the given data discipline
statements.

 5 – We are perfect in the way we handle this aspect of governing our data.
 4 – We are doing okay in how we handle this aspect of governing our data,
not to say that it is perfect, but it is passable for our purposes.
 3 – There is room for improvement in how we handle this aspect of
governing our data.
 2 – There is significant room for improvement in how we handle this aspect of
governing our data.
 1 – We are at the point where, if we do not address this discipline, we will be
at an increasingly high-level of risk around how we govern our data.

Data Discipline Statements Rating Remarks

We manage the risks associated with our data. 3
My organization understands the need to quickly adjust to 3
the risks associated with data and many of those rules are
coming from outside of the organization.
We have a person, staff of people and/or council that 2
focuses on understanding all levels of risk around the
management data.
The person/staff/council regularly communicates 3 Different point
information about data risk to the point that everybody persons
understands risky behavior versus safe behavior in how
we handle our data.
As an organization, we pay a great deal of attention to 3
compliance and regulatory concerns around the data we
collect, use and share as part of making decisions and
doing business.
Somebody has the responsibility for documenting and 2
communicating the rules to all of the individuals in the
organization that handle that data.
When we are audited, we can clearly demonstrate that 2
the rules around the data are being followed.
As an organization, we pay a great deal of attention to 3
Information Security, for all structure and unstructured
data.
We have Information Security Policy and/or something 4
similar (guidelines, mandates).
We feel comfortable with our ability to communicate, 3
differentiate and manage the rules associated with highly
confidential data, internal use, and public data.
People that share data in our organization also share the 2
documented rules about that data to the point that we do
not believe that Information Security is a concern.
We have metadata for the most important data we 2
manage.
My organization knows what data we have, where that 3
data resides, how that data is defined, produced and
used, in shared databases and on people’s desktops.
The information we have about our most important data is 3
available to anybody that needs it.
We have identified and engaged people that have formal 2
responsibility for the definition, production and usage of
metadata.
Our organization always focuses on data quality. 3
We have formal means for recording data quality issues, 3
we have proactive and reactive methods to find issues
and address them when we find them.
We have people that have the responsibility for managing 2
the issue logs, putting values to the issues and prioritizing
the issues.
We have clear understanding as to the business 2
standards for core pieces of data that makes it a lot easier
to be able to differentiate high from low quality.
We have a data warehousing environment that is taking 2
full advantage of the date therein, being used to its fullest
capability meaning the people have easy access to the
data, they understand the data, and they help us to
continuously improve the quality of the data.
We recognize that data governance plays an important 2
role in the success or failure of our data warehousing
initiative on all sides of the data integration equation.
We understand that data integration is a difficult 2
discipline, but since we govern the data well on both
sides, we feel very comfortable with the effective nature of
our business intelligence program. 
Our organization recognizes that Master Data 1
Management is one of the most effective and most
important data disciplines being talked about today.
We have identified people to manage our MDM 1
initiative(s) and have started to identify the enabling
technologies that will help us to manage and share our
master and reference data.
When we populate our MDM environment, the discipline 1
is there to manage the decision making around the
master data resource, the metadata component and the
communications and accessibility to the master data.
We are positioned well to complete the Master Data 1
initiative within budget and on schedule.
We have a Data Governance Program that clearly defines 1
roles and responsibilities at the operational, tactical,
strategic and support levels.
Our program focuses on leveraging the existing 1
knowledge of the data that lies within our Data Stewards.
The approach that we have taken has been embraced by 1
our leadership, stewards, business and the technology
individuals and addresses the governance of data in a
proactive and reactive sense.
Our Data Governance Program is a primary contributor to 1
our success in all of the disciplines listed in this test.
 ANNEX C
SELF-ASSESSMENT PART II
Data Strategy Position Assessment
Data Strategy Position Assessment
Choose from among the following 16 objectives the 8 that are most important to your
business/mandate. Selecting that subset will require considered trade-offs that reveal
your offense-defense orientation.

Check the 8
Data Strategy Remarks
most important
1 Reduce general operating expenses x
2 Meet industry regulatory requirements x
3 Prevent cyberattacks and data breaches x
4 Mitigate operational risks such as poor access controls and x
data losses
5 Improve IT infrastructure and reduce data-related costs x
6 Streamline back-office systems and processes x
7 Improve data quality (completeness, accuracy, timeliness) x
8 Rationalize multiple sources of data and information
(consolidate and eliminate redundancy)
9 Improve revenue through cross-selling, strategic pricing, x
and customer acquisition
10 Create new products and services
11 Respond rapidly to competitors and market changes
12 Use sophisticated customer analytics to drive business
results
13 Leverage new sources of internal and external data
14 Monetize company data (sell as a product or a service)
15 Optimize existing strong bench of analysts and data
scientists
16 Generate return on investments in big data and analytics
infrastructure