Alignment | John Ladley

You need to make sure your data works for your organization.

Standing up a data solution without explicit alignment to strategy creates an effort that is at the mercy of resistance or changes in priorities.

"I want to...

...make better decisions."

...do analytics."

...get on the AI bandwagon."

These are NOT good reasons for data projects!

"I want to . ."

These are NOT good reasons
for data projects.

All of these are well-intended. But none speak to WHY? Alignment means get to the WHY.
The alignment service gets you to solid alignment of data programs to business needs.

ALIGNMENT
Here is an example of line of sight from strategy to delivery.

Strategy

Expand Market Share

Goal

Increase upsell / cross sell

Acquire millennial mindshare

Biz Capability

Customer intimacy

Marketing

Data Capability

Customer data mastering

Advanced analytics

Data Requirements

Sources of truth

Consistent data

Easy access to data

Consistent meaning and location

John Ladley understands the business of data.

Sign up and receive an excerpt from John's book, "Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy, and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program."

You need to make sure your data works for your organization.

"I want to...

...make better decisions."

...do analytics."

...get on the AI bandwagon."

These are NOT good reasons for data projects!

"I want to . ."

These are NOT good reasonsfor data projects.

All of these are well-intended. But none speak to WHY? Alignment means get to the WHY.The alignment service gets you to solid alignment of data programs to business needs.

ALIGNMENTHere is an example of line of sight from strategy to delivery.

Strategy

Expand Market Share

Goal

Increase upsell / cross sell

Acquire millennial mindshare

Biz Capability

Customer intimacy

Marketing

Data Capability

Customer data mastering

Advanced analytics

Data Requirements

Sources of truth

Consistent data

Easy access to data

Consistent meaning and location

John Ladley understands the business of data.

Sign up and receive an excerpt from John's book, "Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy, and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program."

These are NOT good reasons
for data projects.

All of these are well-intended. But none speak to WHY? Alignment means get to the WHY.
The alignment service gets you to solid alignment of data programs to business needs.

ALIGNMENT
Here is an example of line of sight from strategy to delivery.