The Art and Science of Data Management Strategy Development
Barbara Nichols
President
Metaview360, Inc.
March 6, 2007
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM
Level: Intermediate
Do you feel that your data management approach is
comprehensive, fully cognizant of your business landscape, flexible
and poised for imminent success? Today you need to adopt a strategy
to ensure that you 'win the war' in the competitive marketplace through
data management. It can be hard to know what that entails. Most studies
and development of strategy have historically come from the military
model. While not a perfect analogy to the marketplace or inside your
business, it pays to examine the essential elements of strategy as it
has been developed through the ages. For example, how do you really
define your mission and know who your customer is? How do you align
the various bits of strategy to become congruent? How do you now when
you have a data management strategy? How can you ensure its effectiveness
when implementing? This presentation will examine some essential strategic
'truths' and apply them to the development of effective data management
strategy. It will include:
- Taking the initiative
- Developing long-term competitive advantage with your implementation skills
- Leveraging information technology and tools
- Leadership to create the conditions to win
- Developing successful alliances
- Overcoming defeatism
- What to do when it appears the mission can not be won The presentation will illustrate the concepts via an IT and data management strategy developed by the presenter for an office of the Australian country government.
Barbara A. Nichols
Ms. Nichols founded Metaview360 after a successful, 25-year career in developing innovative data and meta data solutions. She has specialized experience in meta data modeling and management with a focus on integration in repository-based environments.
During her tenure at Digital Equipment Corporation she was the CASE Program Manager, responsible for setting the Engineering CASE product strategy. In that role she received a Change Leadership Award for her contributions to the Software Engineering strategic planning process.
She has assisted dozens of international businesses to implement 'best practice' data management through her consulting in the areas of data integration, data warehousing, meta data management, and information systems architecture.
Barbara has frequently presented seminars and written on the topics of meta data management and data warehousing. Conference presentations from 2004 through 2006 have included: Instituting the Meta Data Lifecycle, Data Governance in Action, Data Architecture in Successful Information Systems Deployment, and Meta Data-driven Taxonomy Development.
Ms. Nichols founded Metaview360 after a successful, 25-year career in developing innovative data and meta data solutions. She has specialized experience in meta data modeling and management with a focus on integration in repository-based environments.
During her tenure at Digital Equipment Corporation she was the CASE Program Manager, responsible for setting the Engineering CASE product strategy. In that role she received a Change Leadership Award for her contributions to the Software Engineering strategic planning process.
She has assisted dozens of international businesses to implement 'best practice' data management through her consulting in the areas of data integration, data warehousing, meta data management, and information systems architecture.
Barbara has frequently presented seminars and written on the topics of meta data management and data warehousing. Conference presentations from 2004 through 2006 have included: Instituting the Meta Data Lifecycle, Data Governance in Action, Data Architecture in Successful Information Systems Deployment, and Meta Data-driven Taxonomy Development.