MonAM1: Planning Your Enterprise Data Strategy

Enterprise data strategies are blossoming as a business strategy. Regulations, big data, analytics, MDM are all IM disciplines being considered by organizations, and all require cohesive data strategies. But, shades of data strategies have been proposed by IT for years. How can the IT department help ensure that EIM is successful? The key for years to EIM success has been sustaining a continuous high value roll out strategy. Business sponsorship is great, but too often IT falls back into the role of order taker. Many organizations already have data strategies that sit on the shelf or fade away. This half day session will cover the critical components and steps to develop a sustainable enterprise data strategy. Topics will be:

The mandatory activities that many organizations miss
Components of the road map
Rapid techniques to ensure alignment and recognizable value
Functions and mechanism to sustain the strategy over time
The process to develop a sustainable road map for implementation
Techniques for prioritizing and segmenting the work

John Ladley is a Business Technology Thought Leader with 30 years experience in planning, project management, improving IT organizations and successful implementation of information systems. John Ladley is a recognized authority in the use and implementation of business intelligence and Enterprise Information Management. He is author of “Making EIM Work for Business – A Guide to Managing Information as an Asset” and “Data Governance: How to Deploy and Sustain a Data Governance Program.” He frequently writes and speaks on a variety of technology and enterprise information management topics. His Information Management experience is balanced between strategic technology planning, project management and practical application of technology to business problems.