Podcast
Thanks to data governance, our analysts spend 50% less time on analysis, Says Pavlína Vajgarová from Česká spořitelna
July 31, 2025
Just a few years ago, she was managing payment methodology. Today, she leads a team of data architects and is rolling out the Collibra platform at one of the largest banks in the Czech Republic.
“The goal isn’t to catalog data—it’s to speed up business users’ work. They need to access data without complex queries or long waiting times,” says Pavlína Vajgarová, Data Intelligence Lead at Česká spořitelna, in Adastra’s podcast.
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In the podcast, Pavlína Vajgarová explains how Česká spořitelna gradually transformed its approach to data over three years — from an Excel sheet of business terms to a dedicated data governance team and a full organizational rollout.
- The first prototype (Data Boutique) reduced ad hoc requests by 50%
- They measure NPS for data products and time spent on analysis
- They built their own methodology and roadmap and chose Collibra as their platform
- Today, they have an 8-person team and a clear plan to make metadata accessible across the company
Today, they have an 8-person team and a clear plan to make metadata accessible across the company
How do you measure the success of data governance? Where do you find both the technical and “human” profiles for the team? And why should data governance be a natural part of work — not just another extra activity?
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