Data Product Governance
Bank-grade data product management. An internal marketplace with governance workflow that treats data as a product—clear ownership, consumers, SLAs, and federated governance.
The Challenge
In large banks, data is everywhere but usable data is nowhere. Teams create tables, APIs, and extracts without documentation. Consumers can't find what exists, can't trust what they find, and can't get access to what they need.
A Data Product Management system treats data like a product: registered, documented, certified, and governed. It's the difference between "random tables" and "trusted data assets."
7 Core Modules
A bank-grade DPM system has these modules. Each serves a distinct function in the data product lifecycle.
Data Product Catalog
Registration + search marketplace
Data Contracts
Schema + semantics + SLA + quality rules
Lifecycle + Certification
Approval gates and state transitions
Access + Entitlements
Request → approve → provision flow
Governance + Compliance
Classification, policies, audit
Quality + Observability
Scorecards, incidents, SLO breaches
Usage + Cost
Chargeback/showback, adoption metrics
Lifecycle States
Every data product moves through these states. No shortcuts.
Author creates product shell
Must have owners + classification + interface
Governance + platform checks
Passed all certification gates
Visible in marketplace
Time-bound deprecation
No longer available
3 Certification Gates
Before a product can be published, it must pass these gates. This prevents "random tables becoming products."
Gate A: Governance
Data Contracts
The contract is the formal agreement between producer and consumers. It's the heart of the system.
Fundamentals
Schema
Semantics
Quality Rules
SLA/SLO
Security
Access Request Flow
Consumers don't "get database access"—they request access to a product interface under policy.
Request Access
Consumer specifies purpose, duration, environment, scope
Policy Routing
Same domain + low sensitivity → auto-approve. PII/cross-domain → multi-party approval
Approval
Steward + privacy + risk teams review as needed
Provisioning
Create IAM role, register subscription, grant access
Audit + Review
Log everything. Periodic re-certification (access review every N months)
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