The Case for the Chief Data Officer

Chapter 5

Creating the Right Conditions for CDO Success

5.1 Chapter Overview

5.2 Where Should they Report?

5.2.1 The CDO Should Parallel the Reporting Structure of Other Asset Chiefs

5.2.2 Arguments for not Reporting to IT

5.2.3 Arguments for the CDO being Independent of IT

5.3 What Should they do? Primary CDO Challenges

5.3.1 CDO Scope

5.3.2 Make DM Independent from IT Development

5.3.3 Remaining Data Focused – this is a Full Time Effort (FTE)

5.3.4 Improve General DM Practice Maturity

5.3.5 CDO Position Description

5.4 The Perhaps Temporary Nature of the CDO

5.5 Chapter Summary

5.1 Chapter Overview

Someone should be charged by the organization with the task of leveraging data assets in support of strategy. If we had to do it all over again, ...