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Data Taxonomy & Business Glossary

Builds the taxonomy, the business glossary and the sensitivity classification your organisation will actually use.

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Illustrative output of Data Taxonomy & Business Glossary: Builds the taxonomy, the business glossary and the sensitivity classification your organisation will actually use.
Illustrative output with sample data.
The challenge

Three definitions of “active customer”. Every report wrong.

Words mean different things

Revenue, customer and active mean something else in every business unit.

Spreadsheets nobody maintains

The existing taxonomy lives in files with no owner.

Unknown sensitivity

Nobody can say which data is PII or regulated, or who may see it.

Governance as process

Rules exist on paper, and behaviour doesn't change.

How it works

From first question to finished output.

Taxonomy

Enterprise → domain → subdomain → entity → attribute, with governance rules.

Glossary

A facilitation guide for the workshop, and entries with owners and stewards.

Classification

A 4-tier sensitivity framework mapped to regulations such as GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA and GLBA.

Hold the line

Stated taxonomy laws: define before you collect, one owner and many stewards.

What you get

  • Domain taxonomy with governance rules
  • Business glossary with owners and stewards
  • PII and regulatory classification framework

What goes in

Existing dictionaries, report inventories, regulatory obligations, domain structure.

Time to answer

As a consulting engagement10 weeks2 people · 20 consultant-weeks
Running the skill2–3 hours per modeone sitting, start to finished output

What it still needs from you

Resolving the definition conflicts the skill surfaces.

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