May 28, 2024 – A data strategy shows how data will transform an organization and harmonize conflicting forces, such as governance and self-service, speed, and standards. It defines goals, metrics, risks, use cases, and a roadmap that specifies the people, processes, technology, organization, and cultural change required to achieve the vision. This report defines what a data strategy is, explains why organizations need them and discusses how to create one.
This webinar brings together industry experts and data leaders to discuss the what, why, and how of data strategies. This discussion is guaranteed to help your organization get more value from its data.
March 10, 2023 – Recent research into the dynamics of social networks provides lessons for data leaders about how to spread and sustain change.
June 4, 2024 – Eckerson Group's Success Signals assessment evaluates the degree to which your organization is data-driven. It assesses your organization's data &...
March 12, 2018 – Change is hard. Humans are hard-wired for constancy. Whether they know it or not, data analytics managers are change agents. For data analytics managers...
September 1, 2016 – To succeed with self-service analytics, organizations need a reference architecture that maps business users, technology, and developers to an...
June 15, 2021 – This guide is for data and analytics leaders who need to convince business executives to invest in an enterprise data analytics program. Without executive support, data and analytics leaders face an uphill battle to ensure the success and survival of their programs—and their careers.
Wayne Eckerson conducts a lively interview with Tiffany Perkins-Munn who runs a 275-person data and analytics team at JP Morgan Chase.
November 16, 2022 – Data analysts are pivotal to the success of a data and analytics program. Whether data analysts are centralized or embedded in departments, data leaders...
November 21, 2023 – This session of the What Work series will present a framework for becoming a data-driven leader that puts “business” back into business analytics.
August 16, 2024 – Non-profit organizations are more mission-driven, consensus-driven, and resource-constrained than commercial organizations. As a result, it’s imperative...
June 23, 2015 – If you are a business intelligence (BI) leader and feeling on the defensive, there is good reason. Every ten years like clockwork, our industry swings...
June 17, 2024 – A data strategy is an enterprise-wide plan to harness data and analytics to achieve business goals. At a high level, it is a blueprint for creating a data-driven organization; at a low level, it is a set of plans to acquire, transform, and deliver data to business users and applications to facilitate decision-making and action. This course book defines a data strategy, explains why organizations need them, and outlines its core components.
This 30-minute podcast reveals the secrets to Kevin Sonky's success as senior director of business intelligence at Citrix Systems.
November 1, 2018 – In this episode, Wayne Eckerson and Shakeeb Akhter dive into DataOps. They discuss what DataOps is, the goals and principles of DataOps, and reasons to...
February 10, 2015 – For most BI managers, measuring success is an afterthought. It’s hard enough to get approval for a project and deliver results without having to kick...
January 24, 2015 – Analytics ROI is directly related to how an organization perceives their Business Analytics program. This article illustrates how an investment in an...
October 30, 2020 – By 2025 there will be a nearly unbridgeable data divide between data laggards and data leaders. This report highlights how organizations can cross the...
