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Chapter 6. DATA INVENTORY PROCESS > DATA INVENTORY PREPARATION
DATA INVENTORY PREPARATION
Data inventory preparation includes setting the scope of the data inventory, establishing the sequence of inventorying data, determining the involvement of people in the data inventory, and documenting the data inventory. Each of these topics is described below.
Data Inventory Scope
A data resource inventory must, ultimately, include all data at an organization's disposal. No data should be excluded from a complete data resource inventory. Many organizations consider only the data in databases, which is a start. However, inventorying databases is far from a complete inventory of disparate data. All data at an organization's disposal must ultimately be inventoried.