As regulatory expectations increase, governance frameworks grow heavier. Approval layers multiply, delivery slows, and domain teams build workarounds to keep moving.

Federated data governance changes how responsibility is distributed without lowering standards.

This ebook explains how that shift works in practice. It examines:

• The distinction between centralized policy definition and decentralized execution
• The three layers of standards: business, data, and implementation
• How governance integrates into development workflows
• The connection between federated governance and data mesh architectures
• The cultural and accountability shifts required for federation to work

For enterprises balancing compliance and delivery speed, governance structure directly affects innovation capacity. This material provides a detailed blueprint for that balance.