Our data is an enterprise asset
What would UW-Madison do if one of its buildings were no longer accessible or usable? Who on campus is responsible for ensuring the proper use and protection of our physical assets such as Bascom Hall?
UW-Madison buildings are enterprise assets — institution-wide properties with real and/or potential value. Similarly, UW-Madison data are enterprise assets. While many functional offices across campus are responsible for collecting, processing, storing, retrieving, and reporting data, our data should not be held in silos but should be shared across departments for its value to be fully realized.
The Office of Data Management & Analytic Services (ODMAS) houses a number of functions that bridge analytics, data management and IT functions at UW-Madison. Lead by Chief Data Officer Jason Fishbain, it centralizes an approach to data management that delivers necessary reports and analytics to all units in a method that validates, is consistent with institutional definitions, and is straightforward to access. It also leads and operationalizes the Data Governance Program at UW-Madison.
DM&AS Areas of Focus
Policies and Procedures
Deciding who is accountable for the data and data policies and crafting a data stewardship policy.
Architecture and Integration
Having consistent data definitions and data dictionaries.
Information Quality
Controlling workflows to ensure data quality and process quality.
Privacy, Compliance, and Security
Making decisions about what restricted and classified mean; how to comply with privacy and security laws (like FERPA) within data management plan.
Announcements
- ‘Meet Tableau’ Demo Sessions UpcomingStaff who use institutional data, reports, and dashboards will need to use Tableau workbooks effectively to get the information they need.
- UW-Madison Reporting & Analytics Project: Partners In DataUWRAP created a smooth transition from current Interactive Reporting (IR) tools to a suite of solutions chosen to replace them.
