WHY DG
– the definition
Data is a fact (latin: factum, greek: πράγματα – created). Fact is a social agreement on an idea, as a reference to other (subjective) ideas. Data / facts have validity and call for verification.
Governance in mental sense is a grid of roles & responsibilities that empowers beings (data stakeholders & consumers) with actions. This mental type of governance definition anticipates the question of Why DG. Governance in material sense is raised by What is DG.
Next sections will exemplify Why doing DG and emphasize which DG resources have crucial impact on business success. The final section will expose the key message of DG efforts and confirm the definition.
WHY DG
- evolution and proof
From metaphysical perspective of onto•logy the WHY is the kit for the complementarity of WHAT and HOW. According to Simon Sinek the WHY should be always processed at the beginning of any action – but it cannot. Else it would turn humans to gods, knowing everything about the WHAT and the HOW prior. Instead, philosophers recommend to attach WHAT and HOW highest priority and to approach the WHY through experimental verification over time. Such WHY is the kit for the complementarity of WHAT and HOW.
Thus, the (utilitarian) value of enrichment of knowledge over time (incremental learning) is source and argument for the WHY. Learning becomes causal for the WHY and its target and deliverable is governance. The evolution to governance can be characterized by the dialectical process of effectiveness vs. efficiency vs. sufficiency vs. consistency.
Effective means that an action / procedure has an impact (effectual). Efficient means that the action beyond becomes performant, economical (exhaustive). The ability to perform efficient is the efficacy of someone.
Thus,
- effectiveness relates to a signified outcome,
- efficiency characterizes the way of an implementation (did the action pay off – exhaustion),
- sufficiency (enoughness) relates to frugality, sparingness (when does the one action exceed other actions – exploitation), and
- consistency claims that all people follow the rule of sufficiency (governance).
It’s effective to douse a small candle light with water, but it is not efficient, because the class could smother it. It would have been sufficient to liquidate the fire by blowing it out. It would be consistent if all would follow the same rule liquidating a fire (Master, Reference, Golden, Governance). This state can be called governance.
A sprint can be effective in case of close targets. But someone who has to overcome a distance of several kilometers will discover that sprints are not efficient and becoming short of breath. A well-balanced pace of both can be sufficient to achieve a target, but in communities only if all consistently follow the same principle.