Executive Governance Questions

• What is our overall governance maturity, and how is it trending over time?
• Which domains are leading or lagging in ownership and documentation coverage?
• Where do we have critical data assets without clear accountability?
• What governance or compliance risks pose the highest business impact?
• How exposed are we if a high-impact dataset fails or changes?
• Are federated domains meeting agreed governance KPIs?
• Where should we prioritize investment to improve trust in our data?

Ownership & Accountability

• Which datasets currently have no assigned owner?
• Which domains have the lowest ownership coverage?
• Where are stewardship responsibilities unclear or missing?
• Which critical assets lack clear accountability?

Metadata Completeness

• Which datasets are missing descriptions, tags, or glossary terms?
• How does metadata completeness vary by domain or team?
• Which high-impact assets have insufficient documentation?
• Are newly created assets meeting governance standards?

Lineage & Impact

• What are the most upstream (source) and downstream (high-impact) datasets?
• Which datasets have the highest number of dependencies?
• What would be the impact if a critical dataset changes or fails?
• Where are lineage gaps limiting traceability?

Compliance & Policy Adherence

• Which assets are non-compliant with governance policies?
• Are required classifications (e.g., PII, sensitive data) properly applied?
• Which teams have recurring policy violations?
• How is governance posture improving over time?

Domain & Data Mesh Oversight

• How does governance maturity compare across domains?
• Which teams are leading in documentation and ownership coverage?
• Where should governance enablement efforts be focused?
• Are federated domains meeting agreed governance SLAs?

Operational Governance

• What percentage of critical assets meet governance standards?
• Are data quality metrics aligned with governance policies?
• Where are governance risks increasing?
• How is overall governance maturity trending month over month?

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