A Manager and Implementor's Guide to Getting Data Right

While many studies point out a common reason for project failure being data quality problems in business applications, much fewer discussions take place on why so many projects fail to get data right. We see root causes for this latter point being:

Not clearly defining the business objective, success criteria, and how to assess it

Lift and shift in data modeling or data migration, perpetuating historical challenges

Insufficient or too-late-in-the-game data activities in project methodologies

In this “take back to your organization” presentation, we will present two simple and broadly applicable frameworks:

How to define, plan for, and measure success of a project

How and when to incorporate key data activities into your projects to minimize risk and maximize results

This presentation is intended for business and IT owners, project and program managers, or other stakeholders in application development and delivery.

A passionate data and technology professional, Mehmet Orun? has been combining proven best practices with emerging techniques to help organizations unpack the power of their data for over 20 years. As an experienced data strategist, Mehmet has worked across industries and companies big and small, to help them better engage customers, employees, and partners through understanding of relationships, product use, and operations. His favorite quotes include "A roadmap with only one road is not much of a map." and "If you want to live a happy life, tie it to a goal, not to people or objects" Mehmet's previous roles include Director, Data Quality at Salesforce, MDM Solution Owner and Enterprise Architect for Data at Genentech, DAMA-I and SFDAMA Board Member, and CDMP Data Quality Exam Committee Member. He is a contributor to DAMA DMBOK, holds a Mastery level CDMP, and is passionate about learning and sharing.