Data Strategy

45mAdvanced2021-12-17

Authors

Peter High

President of Metis Strategy

Course details

Your organization already has an enterprise strategy, an IT strategy, and maybe digital strategy, too. Why is a data strategy necessary? How does it fit into the other strategies? In this course, instructor Peter High shows you the value and need for a cohesive data strategy for your business. Peter begins by explaining the building blocks of data strategy and why data governance is the best way to scale your data operation. He covers the role of the chief data officer and how to educate the entire organization so that everyone understands the value of data strategy and how it will be leveraged. Peter goes over the various puzzle pieces involved in building your data strategy, as well as data strategy’s relationship with IT, digital strategy, and business capabilities. He concludes with the need to commit to a data orientation and how to engage the entire company in your data strategy.

Skills covered

Data GovernanceBusiness IntelligenceData ScienceBusiness Analysis and StrategyDeep Dive (X:Y)

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Why data strategy

1. The Relationship between Data and Strategy

02 - The building blocks of data strategy
03 - The six Vs of data
04 - Data governance is the best way to scale your data operation

2. Who Drives Data Strategy

05 - The role of the chief data officer
06 - Enhancing data literacy across the enterprise

3. The Puzzle Pieces of Data Strategy

07 - Three interlocking components of data strategy
08 - Data strategy's influence on five aspects of analysis
09 - From data warehouse to data lake to lake houses
10 - Data management across the organization

4. The New Data Operating Model

11 - Data strategy's relationship with IT and digital strategy
12 - Data strategy's relationship with business capabilities
13 - Developing a Data-Driven Operating Model