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Data Quality Management

What is Data Quality Management?

Processes for ensuring that data is accurate, complete, consistent, and fit for its intended purpose throughout its lifecycle.

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What the standards actually require on data quality management

Requirements naming data quality management across 3 standards, quoted from the control text.

Data quality management is built from three processes: Resource Provision, Data-Related Support and Implementation (Figure 1, adapted from the primary, support and organizational processes of ISO 12207:1995 and from the ISO 9001 PDCA cycle).

iso-8000-data-quality::61:5.1 · 5.1 The basic structure of the data quality management process →

A function for managing data quality has been formally set up: goals, objectives and approach for data quality are defined and communicated to all stakeholders, roles, accountabilities and governance for quality are set, and dedicated time and resources are co...

edm-council-dcam-data-management-capability-assessment-model::5.1 · 5.1 Data Quality Management Function →

Define the strategy and framework for data quality management: goals, governance, roles, the approach to measurement and improvement.

dama-dmbok2-data-management-body-of-knowledge-2nd-edition::DQ.2.2 · DQ.2.2 Define a data quality strategy →

Questions people ask about data quality management

What is Data Quality Management?
Processes for ensuring that data is accurate, complete, consistent, and fit for its intended purpose throughout its lifecycle.
Why is Data Quality Management important for compliance?
Data Quality Management is a key concept in Privacy and Data Protection. Understanding data quality management helps organizations meet regulatory requirements, reduce risk, and demonstrate due diligence during audits. Our compliance platform maps 1,016 frameworks with 316K cross-framework control mappings.
Which compliance frameworks address Data Quality Management?
Data Quality Management appears in the requirement text of ISO 8000 - Data Quality, EDM Council DCAM - Data Management Capability Assessment Model, DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition). Across these standards we have identified 21 controls that name it directly, each linked to the control text on the compliance platform.
Where can I learn more about Data Quality Management?
Explore our compliance framework pages to see how data quality management applies across different standards and regulations. Our implementation guides provide step-by-step guidance, and the compliance platform offers AI-powered analysis of how this concept maps across 1,016 frameworks.

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