Data catalogs suffer from a high failure rate that is often blamed on poor technology choices but are more often the result of nontechnical issues. This session will provide insight to data and analytics leaders in evaluating metadata management requirements, assessing readiness of organizations and best practices for getting started to implement a data catalog.

D&A leaders must develop DataOps as an essential practice to redefine their data management operations. This involves establishing business value before pursuing significant data engineering initiatives, and preventing duplicated efforts undertaken by different teams in managing the common metadata, security and observability of information assets within the data platforms.