Over a decade an organization has rationalized implementation of party concepts from 48 systems to...

Rationalizing party concepts across systems requires a strong data architecture to standardize data models and data governance to enforce policies. The DAMA-DMBOK states: “Data architecture provides the framework for standardizing data entities, such as party concepts, while data governance ensures compliance and consistency across systems during rationalization efforts” (DMBOK2, Chapter 4: Data Architecture, p. 145; Chapter 3: Data Governance, p. 109).

Options A, B, C, and D are less comprehensive: operations (A) and warehousing (D) are tactical, quality (B) is a benefit, and metadata (C) is supportive but not primary.