The Chief Data Officer Management Handbook: Set Up and Run an Organization’s Data Supply Chain

© Martin Treder 2020

M. TrederThe Chief Data Officer Management Handbookhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6115-6_12

12. Typical Challenges of a CDO

Martin Treder¹ 

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What is the standing of data in your organization?

Why is it so hard to be a CDO?

The business case was great, the story compelling. The superiority of the data solution compared to the conventional approach was proven. Funding was granted, the project started.

Preparation went on and on. IT complained about lack of ability to test. First results were obtained but couldn’t be validated. Data experts were either busy asking for support ...