Flashcards on Data Strategy for Digital Transformation

Data Strategy for Digital Transformation: Student Guide

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How does the MIT CISR Data Board define a data strategy in one sentence?

A central, integrated concept that articulates how data will enable and inspire business strategy.

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Question: How does the MIT CISR Data Board define a data strategy in one sentence?

Answer: A central, integrated concept that articulates how data will enable and inspire business strategy.

Card 2

Question: What are the five core questions a data strategy should answer?

Answer: 1) What is the organization’s vision for data? 2) How will the organization move forward on its data journey? 3) How will the organization drive data

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Question: What does the question “What is the organization’s vision for data?” ask a data strategy to articulate?

Answer: How data will enable specific business goals.

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Question: What does the question “How will the organization move forward on its data journey?” require the data strategy to clarify?

Answer: How the organization will execute desired data activities.

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Question: What components should a data strategy include to drive data adoption and use?

Answer: Change management components such as education, incentives, measurement, and communication plans to inspire change at individual, group, and organizat

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Question: What should a data strategy provide when answering “When will the organization execute the proposed activities?”

Answer: A roadmap listing the sequence of steps, milestones, and priorities for execution.

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Question: How should a data strategy describe the organization’s economic logic?

Answer: By explicitly explaining how the company will monetize its data through improving, wrapping, and selling activities.

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Question: According to the MIT CISR Data Board findings in Q1 2018, how long had the average existing iteration of a data strategy been in place?

Answer: About 1.6 years.

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Question: Who owned about half of the organizations’ data strategies in the MIT CISR Data Board survey (Q1 2018)?

Answer: Either IT (18%) or a formal data unit (34%).

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Question: What proportion of organizations in the Q1 2018 survey had data strategies that were dramatically refreshed or brand new?

Answer: Two-thirds of the organizations.