Prerequisite: None
This session will include a moderated Q&A featuring questions from the live audience.
Data leaders often struggle to articulate the value of modernizing their data architecture in comparison to other initiatives competing for resources. There are methods for running modern enterprise data programs that help prioritize and communicate progress to all internal teams and consultants to recognize and measure business impact.
In this session, John O’Brien will discuss how data leaders can manage and navigate successful programs by understanding key dynamics that include organizational structures, the differences between projects and capabilities, and continuous data ecosystem measurement. O’Brien will emphasize the mindset and techniques required to ensure business impact while modernizing your data architecture, transforming it into an enterprise asset. Key takeaways include:
- Understand how data strategies must clearly align with business initiatives to focus on necessary data and analytics capabilities.
- Learn about the three components of a balanced scorecard that monitor deliverables from the data modernization platform, outline the responsibilities of the data product team, and gather feedback on business impact.
- Avoid data and analytics organizational models that do not deliver measurable business impact and lack scalability for the enterprise.
- Agile architecture techniques enhance value by focusing on fundamental modern data architecture principles and technologies.
This session will empower data leaders and architects to assess business impact and success during the modernization of their data architectures.