20.12 Enterprise Operating Model
Enterprise Datasphere needs clear ownership.
Core roles
| Role | Accountability |
|---|---|
| Platform owner | tenant, capacity, lifecycle and standards |
| Data architect | target architecture and trade-offs |
| Data engineer | acquisition and transformation |
| Modeler | semantic and analytical design |
| Security owner | identity, roles and data access |
| Data steward | quality and business definitions |
| Product owner | business outcome and priority |
| SRE/operations | reliability and incident response |
One person may hold several roles in smaller teams.
Platform standards
Define standards for:
- naming
- spaces
- source connections
- modeling
- transport
- security
- monitoring
- retention
- release management
- cost ownership
RACI thinking
Every production capability needs one accountable owner. Shared responsibility without accountability creates operational gaps.
Service catalog
For each major data product or analytical capability record:
- owner
- consumers
- sources
- SLA/SLO
- refresh
- security classification
- support model
- dependencies
- recovery method
- cost center
Architect principle
Governance should make the safe path the easiest path.