Adoption That Drives Business Success

Now that we have covered what data governance is, how to gather support, design a program, baseline the organization, and launch and deliver against the plan, we need to be able to ensure solutions are used by the business. Driving the adoption of data solutions is not a one-time activity, nor does it end after the delivery of the program. While there should be initial adoption done during implementation, adoption is an ongoing activity that you and your team must master in order to ensure maximum impact is realized from data investments.

In short, your long-term success is tightly coupled with your ability to deliver value into perpetuity. Your data solutions will live or die based on the post-go-live, but most teams stop short of success by considering “go-live” the end milestone. This chapter will delve into the crucial, and often overlooked, aspect of data governance: adoption. We will explore why driving widespread use of...