What is Data Strategy? “Well, the short answer is, it’s the data chapter of your business strategy,” said John Ladley, consultant and author of the book Data Governance: How to Design, Deploy and Sustain an Effective Data Governance Program. Contrary to popular belief, the one thing it isn’t, he said, is a technology procurement plan.
Historically, such strategies have tended to be extremely technical, but an organization’s data ecosystem requires broad framing; something to position it within the organization, not just the technology stack or the Business Intelligence stack, Ladley said. “A Data Strategy is a most important artifact that defines your enterprise Data Management strategy.
