by Angela Guess
In a recent interview, Jim Orr discusses his new book, Data Governance for the Executive. He states, “ I once assisted a Fortune 500 company with a data governance initiative. The first gate we had to get through was to convince senior management of the need for the program. I followed the exact same process I outline in my book, which is to demonstrate the holistic value data brings to an entire organization. In addition, we devised a plan and structure for making it operational.”
He continues, “When we presented it individually to twelve executives (all VPs and Sr. VPs) we were well prepared to show them what data governance is, why it is important, the value it would bring to their organization, how we intended to make it operational, and what we needed from them. The company adopted 95% of our recommendations and went on to launch a data governance program that is still in operation today. The benefits of this program, as validated by upper management, was determined to be about $1 million in year one and 2-3 million in year two.”
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