The current UK financial instabilities clearly demonstrate the importance of data underpinning strategy. This is a situation that is so easy to fall into in the context I work in with IT Divisions and Data Teams.
Tag: datastrategy
8 Principles for getting your Architecture heard
How many recommendations, roadmaps, strategies and other IT architectural products end up sitting on the shelf after getting no traction with the sponsor or stakeholders?
Mopping Up the Data Puddles
Data puddles have to be one of the hardest problems to solve in the data strategy. The solution seems obvious but getting traction to move it forward feels like pushing water uphill. #datastrategy #data #dataleader
People are at the heart of the Data Strategy
Data strategies often seem to get stuck in analytics opportunities, data science goals or new technologies. This will not be possible without people building the future and consuming the data. Lets put people at the heart of our data strategy.
Start Your IT or Data Strategy Today
As a leader in IT or Data there is always more to do than time available. I found that the IT Strategy or Data Strategy often got stuck on this deprioritised pile. Sometimes until it was too late. For me, I want to prioritise just in time for when the strategy will be needed. The key moment for the strategy has to be in the budget cycle. #businessstrategy #itstrategy #datastrategy #data #itleadership
Unknown Unknowns in Data and IT Strategy
In strategy work completeness is key, be that Data Strategy or IT Strategy. If stakeholders can point to areas that have been left out they can doubt the recommendations. So how do we find the unknown, unknowns?
Data Governance at the Data Museum
When we think of governance we tend to think of procedures and red tape. In most governance, I think this is a disservice to the governance functions but in data governance, it misses the point. Data governance is wider than just this protection role and also enables data usage.
IT or Data Strategy blocked by missing Business Strategy
My company does not have a business strategy? Sound familia? This is almost always untrue.
Data Strategy Fails
You put a lot of work into the data strategy, working all hours around the day job to get it done. Then it gets ignored or criticised. It has been a data strategy failure. #datastrategy #data #analytics
A Compelling Data Strategy
What would a truly compelling data strategy look like? It must paint a compelling vision for data. Assess the current situation. Provide a strategic plan of action to underpin the strategy.
