DMBOK2 Learning Hub
The complete DAMA-DMBOK2 body of knowledge — every chapter mapped to a live module of this platform. Built for CDMP aspirants and DAMA study groups.
11
Knowledge Areas on the DMBOK wheel
Chapters 3–13
3
Extended disciplines
Ethics · Big Data & AI · Maturity
2
Organizational enablers
Org & Roles · Change Management
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DMBOK2 chapters covered
Incl. Ch 1 foundation
The DAMA Wheel — click any knowledge area
Data Governance sits at the hub; ten knowledge areas share the ring. Colors show this platform's current maturity per area (synthetic demo assessment).
L5 Optimized
L4 Managed
L3 Defined
L2 Repeatable
L1 Initial
Beyond the wheel — foundation, extended disciplines & enablers
Chapter 3 · DMBOK Wheel — Knowledge Area
Data Governance
L4 · Implemented
The exercise of authority, control, and shared decision-making (planning, monitoring, and enforcement) over the management of data assets. Governance sits at the hub of the DAMA wheel because every other knowledge area depends on it.
Goals
- •Enable the organization to manage data as an asset
- •Define, approve, communicate, and implement data policies, standards, and metrics
- •Monitor and guide policy compliance and data management maturity
- •Sponsor, track, and oversee the delivery of data management projects
Key Activities
- •Define data governance for the organization (readiness, discovery, alignment)
- •Establish the operating framework: councils, forums, stewardship model
- •Develop and maintain policies, standards, and the business glossary mandate
- •Underwrite issue management, escalation paths, and compliance reporting
- •Embed governance — move from project to sustained operating practice
CDMP Exam Pointers
- ★Governance ≠ management: governance decides how decisions get made (oversight); management executes (E of the V — governance is 'do the right things', management is 'do things right').
- ★Know the typical operating models: centralized, replicated, federated — and when each fits.
- ★The most-tested artifacts: charter, policy hierarchy (policy → standard → procedure), and the RACI between owners, stewards, and custodians.
The DMBOK Pyramid (Aiken)
Organizations rarely build capabilities in the ideal order — the pyramid shows how they actually evolve: what arrives with the first database, and what pain teaches later.
Environmental Factors Hexagon
Every DMBOK chapter is structured around this context diagram: goals at the center, surrounded by activities, deliverables, roles, practices, tools, and culture.