Executive summaries are used to interest readers in the contents of a full document; in many cases, the executive summary is the deciding factor in the approval of an entire document.

Write an executive summary for your data management and data governance plan (DMGP), briefly summarizing your plan to familiarize the reader with its contents. It should contain concise information on the organization, problem, alternatives and solutions as well as major conclusions. The executive summary should be a well-written, 12 page encapsulation of the most important information in the full DMGP.