Prerequisite: None

Richard Hines

Analytics Consultant and Educator

This session will include a moderated Q&A featuring questions from the live audience.

Over the last several years, businesses have recognized the increasing importance of data and analytics in advancing digital enablement and transformation. Accordingly, significant investments in data and analytics programs are commonplace in both large and small organizations. Executive alignment within these programs is a critical aspect in successfully governing these investments and ensuring their success.

Richard Hines will compare top-down and bottom-up data transformation programs and provide insight into how to align executive teams. Hines will address several key questions, including:

• What are the key differences between top-down and bottom-up data and analytics programs?
• What are some different approaches to ensure executive governance and oversight?
• What are the most important considerations regarding schedules, costs, and outcomes?
• How important is data literacy and what are options in approaching this challenge?

Hines will show you how to develop a balanced data transformation program that ensures investments are aligned to outcomes and your executive team is engaged.