Delivering a data management future

Many organizations want to get more returns from data and grow to a higher maturity level after delivering a solid data infrastructure and the first reports based on that new infrastructure. In practice, we see that data-informed decision-making does not succeed or even begin without the support of management and the entire organization.

Embracing data literacy will help you develop your decision-making skills, and people will learn to ask the right questions, interpret the findings, and take appropriate action. It is critical to give data management a prominent place within the data and analytics team or within your organization to ensure a steady supply of information. But keep in mind that data management is more than just buying a tool. It is, once again, a process that must be thoroughly set up in our data and analytics world. Figure 5.3 depicts the five steps in the framework that we use in our projects and the project approach. The data...