by Angela Guess
Clarke Patterson recently wrote about an experience with a company that had a successful champion of their data. He writes, “While I was happy to see that this company had tied data quality and data governance to help meet their corporate objectives, that’s not what caught my attention. Instead, what impressed me the most was how the data quality and data governance champion had effectively helped the rest of the board see that there WAS a direct link, and that with careful focus they could drive better business outcomes than they could without a focus on data at all. As it turns out, the path to success for the champion was to focus on articulating the link between trusted data — governed effectively — and the company’s ability to excel financially, manage costs, limit its risk exposure and maintain trust with its customers.”
Patterson adds, “Unfortunately, companies like this are not the norm. Most others I talk to struggle to gain acceptance for data quality and data governance because more time than not they don’t see the link between establishing trusted data and driving revenue, reducing costs, effectively managing riskand maintaining customer trust. Without understanding and articulating the direct link between these themes, key stakeholders across the business fail to see how improvement will make a difference so elect not to get on board.”
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