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_8

8. Data Processes

Martin Treder¹ 

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Figure 8-1

Processes are important

Why prescribing processes?

Whether people like it or not, you need to prescribe how they are supposed to deal with data. Otherwise, you will not be able to guarantee that all tasks are addressed or that all necessary activities will be executed properly.

Processes are complex to describe – as you will not want to keep a “next step” undefined or ambiguous. However, it is definitely an exercise that pays off soon.

Given the number ...