Chapter 8
Vision
Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example.
—Mark Twain
The “Vision” phase shows stakeholders and leadership what DG will look like. This means a bit more than a one-page picture, although that is important, too. This phase also includes work on the mission statement, and both vision and mission are defined in detail in the coming sections. A vision establishes a picture of where an organization would like to be at a certain point in time in the future. The mission talks about how to get there. The goal is to convey understanding and comprehension of what DG means and what the organization wants to do to get there. This vision reinforces the fact that the business of enterprise information asset ...
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