4 COMPOSING THE DATA STRATEGY
‘Strategists who don’t take time to think are just planners.’
Dr Max McKeown1
The success of a data strategy, as with every strategy, can be measured by the combination of a number of factors:
- Relevance – alignment to, and support for, the corporate strategy (or vision, if there isn’t a strategy);
- Awareness – staff know it exists, and where to locate it;
- Value – in terms of both its usefulness and impact;
- Execution – the ease in being able to apply it to deliver a positive outcome.
Therefore, if you’re an author of a successful data strategy in your organisation you may well have started the first corporate RAVE! As with any rave, it needs people to be willing to come along and give it a go and to be able ...
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