30 January 2019

Governance: Compliance (Definitions)

"(1) Conforming or acquiescing to requirements from a third party. (2) A subset of data retention policies and procedures that must adhere to more rigid and rigorous conditions." (David G Hill, "Data Protection: Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance", 2009)

"The successful fulfillment of regulations, usually set by a financial institution (for borrowing purposes) or industry standards." (Annetta Cortez & Bob Yehling, "The Complete Idiot's Guide® To Risk Management", 2010)

"The process of conforming, completing, performing, or adapting actions to meet the rules, demands, or wishes of another party. Commonly used when discussing conformance to external government or industry regulations." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration: The Complete Guide to DBA Practices and Procedures 2nd Ed", 2012)

"The ability to operate in the way defined by a regulation. Many organizations are introduced to governance concepts as they begin the process of complying with business regulations, such as Sarbanes|Oxley or Basel II. These regulations are enforced by audits that determine whether business decisions were made by the appropriate staff according to appropriate policies. To pass these audits, organizations must document their decision rights, policies, and records, specifically that each of the decisions was in fact made by the appropriate person according to policy." (Paul C Dinsmore et al, "Enterprise Project Governance", 2012)

"The process of conforming, completing, performing, or adapting actions to meet the rules, demands, or wishes of another party. Commonly used when discussing conformance to external government or industry regulations." (Craig S Mullins, "Database Administration", 2012)

"A general concept of conforming to a rule, standard, law, or requirement such that the assessment of compliance results in a binomial result stated as 'compliant' or 'noncompliant'." (For Dummies, "PMP Certification All-in-One For Dummies, 2nd Ed.", 2013)

"Business rules enforced by legislation or some other governing body" (Daniel Linstedt & W H Inmon, "Data Architecture: A Primer for the Data Scientist", 2014)

"Compliance refers to a strategy and a set of activities and artifacts that allow teams to apply Lean-Agile development methods to build systems that have the highest possible quality, while simultaneously assuring they meet any regulatory, industry, or other relevant standards." (Dean Leffingwell, "SAFe 4.5 Reference Guide: Scaled Agile Framework for Lean Enterprises 2nd Ed", 2018)

"Ensuring that a standard or set of guidelines is followed, or that proper, consistent accounting or other practices are being employed." (ITIL)

"The capability of the software product to adhere to standards, conventions or regulations in laws and similar prescriptions." [ISO 9126]

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