| How can a sponsor increase the success rate of data and analytics initiatives? (C6: Clarity) I saved the most important ‘C’ for the last post in this series. The primary sponsor is the vision owner and bringing clarity to the initiative is their primary responsibility. I see clarity in 2 parts: 1. Being clear about the “Why” and messaging it to the team/company as communication and adoption is a major hurdle for data and analytics initiatives. 2. Bringing on-going clarity by helping the project leaders with shifts: a. Cohesion – Helping data leaders with establishing a cohesive organizational stance – provide air cover, escalation and intervention when needed. b. Cross-impacts from other business initiatives that the sponsor is aware of that could impact the data program. c. Continuous feedback: Early warning of impending problems, new developments, leverage shifts, c-suite opinions, etc. Every data leader can do well with more frequent informal feedback from the sponsor that will help with doing more of what works and stopping what doesn’t. |
Prakash Baskar
September 19, 2020
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