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Discover actionable, step-by-step blueprints, courses, webinars, and more to enable you to achieve measurable results from your investments into Data and Analytics. The capstone will help you understand where to get started, so that you can find the most relevant data research.
Data Foundations
Our team focuses on building foundational knowledge and essential practices to establish a solid data environment.
Data Disciplines:
- Knowledge Management
- Data Literacy
- Data and Information Architecture
- Data Governance
- Data Strategy
Data Enablement
Our team focuses on leveraging foundational data concepts to ensure effective and efficient data management.
Data Disciplines:
- Data Management
- Data Integration
- Data Quality Management
- Master Data Management
Optimization and Innovation
Our team focuses on improving current data practices to drive optimized performance and insights to foster innovation.
Data Disciplines:
- Advanced Analytics
- Machine Learning & AI
- Reporting & Analytical Insights
Data Foundations
Choose what you want to achieve and navigate to the right section.
| Organizational Value | Outcome | Best-Fit Research |
| Strategic Alignment | Align Data with Organizational Goals Enhance Data-Driven Decision-Making Maximize Value from Data Assets |
Data Strategy |
| Regulatory Compliance and Risk Mitigation |
Ensure Data Compliance Improve Data Quality Reduce Data Risk |
Data Governance |
| Scalability and Flexibility | Scalable Infrastructure Improve Data Quality Enhance Performance |
Data and Information Architecture |
| Empowered Workforce | Empower Data Users Foster a Data-Driven Culture Accelerate Organizational Agility |
Data Literacy |
| Innovation | Faster Problem Resolution Improve Collaboration Increase Innovation |
Knowledge Management |
Data Strategy
Explore research that helps you align data with organizational goals, enhance data-driven decision-making, and maximize value from data assets.
Build a data strategy that’s organization first, not technology first.
Build a Robust and Comprehensive Data StrategyDeliver the processes, capabilities, and technologies to service AI’s demand for data.
Define a Data Practice Strategy to Power an Autonomous EnterpriseFeatured Webinar: Uncover the Key to Developing an Effective Data Strategy
Understand how to align your data strategy with organizational objectives, explore its key components, and examine the cultural aspects.
Featured Webinar: Define a Data Strategy to Power an Autonomous Enterprise APAC
Embrace the new role of data.
Data Governance
Explore research that helps you ensure data compliance, improve data quality, and reduce data risk.
Understand your current data governance capabilities and build out a future state that is right-sized and relevant.
Establish Data GovernanceLeverage your organization’s business subject matter experts to drive impactful data use and handling.
Establish Effective Data StewardshipData Governance Roles Accelerator Kit
This brief guide outlines how to adapt a data governance organizational structure for your organization and defines the roles of data owner, data steward, and data custodian.
Data Governance Planning and Roadmapping Workbook
A structured tool to assist with establishing effective data governance practices.
Data and Information Architecture
Explore research that helps you scale your infrastructure, improve data quality, and enhance performance.
Optimizing data architecture requires a plan, not just a data model.
Build a Data Architecture RoadmapStructure the labels and taxonomies that will deliver long-lasting value to the organization.
Build Foundational Structures With Information ArchitectureBig data architecture is not your father’s data architecture.
Create a Customized Big Data Architecture and Implementation PlanScalable Data Platform Research Center
Build and scale the data platform appropriately with increased confidence to get quick wins and long-term benefits.
Data Architecture Tactical Roadmap Tool
Use this tool to assess the current state of your data architecture and create a roadmap to communicate your strategy to stakeholders.
Data Literacy
Explore research that helps you empower data users, foster a data-driven culture, and accelerate business agility.
Data literacy bridges the data knowledge gaps across all levels of the organization.
Foster Data-Driven Culture With Data LiteracyAccelerate data literacy by breaking down data management concepts into personas with defined learning objectives.
Promote Data Literacy in Your OrganizationData Literacy Learning Outcomes Library
This library summarizes key learning outcomes to help you define objectives for each persona in the data literacy program.
Fundamental Data Literacy Program Template
Kickoff a data awareness program that explains the fundamental understanding of data and its lifecycle.
Knowledge Management
Explore research that helps you solve problems faster, improve collaboration, and increase innovation.
Organize your documents and files to make your content findable.
Develop an Enterprise Content Management Strategy and RoadmapAssure the quality of your information assets from cradle to grave (and every stage in between) with an effective information classification scheme, policies, and governance.
Embrace Information Lifecycle Management in Your ECM ProgramOperationalize and optimize your ECM program through effective governance.
Right-Size the Governance Model for Your ECM ProgramEnsure people spend less time searching, more time getting work done while working remotely.
Build a Digital Workspace StrategyFeatured Webinar: Enterprise Content Management: A Practical Journey
Understand better ways to interact with your organization’s information.
Featured Webinar: Enterprise Content Management: Basic Concepts
Uncover the key highlights as well as benefits of this research to address your enterprise content management challenges.
Data Enablement
Choose the business value or outcomes you want to achieve and navigate to the right research destination.
| Business Value | Outcome | Best-Fit Research |
| Consistency and Trust in Data | Single Source of Truth Better Data Access and Usability Enhance Operational Efficiency |
Master Data Management |
| Data-Driven Confidence | Improve Data Accuracy Increase Trust in Data Reduced Risk and Compliance Issues |
Data Quality Management |
| Improved Collaboration and Workflow Efficiency | Seamless Data Flow Real-Time Data Access Reduce Operational Costs |
Data Integration |
| Operational Efficiency | Improve Data Accessibility Optimize Data Storage Enhance Data Integration |
Data Management |
Master Data Management
Explore research that helps you find a single source of truth for your data, improve data access, and enhance operational efficiency.
Is your organization facing a master data problem?
Develop a Master Data Management Practice and PlatformMaster Data Management Readiness Assessment Tool
This tool will help you determine if your organization has a master data problem and if an MDM project should be undertaken.
Master Data Management Platforms
Master Data Management is the act of centralizing a consistent approach to a single source of truth for Master and Reference Data
Data Quality Management
Explore research to improve data accuracy, boost trust, and reduce risk and compliance issues.
Quality data drives quality decisions.
Build Your Data Quality ProgramBetter data quality today makes for better decisions tomorrow.
Improve Data Quality in the Small EnterpriseData Quality Concierge Service
A powerful set of quick advisory experiences to provide tangible value.
Data Quality Practice Assessment and Project Planning Tool
Use this assessment tool to assess your organization's data quality practices and identify gaps to guide your improvement strategy.
Data Integration
Explore research that helps you create a seamless data flow, access data in real-time, and reduce operational costs.
Integrate your data or disintegrate your business.
Build a Data Integration StrategyData Integration Mapping Tool
This tool can be used to document the mappings and allow them to be stored in a content or knowledge management system.
Data Integration Requirements Gathering Tool
Use this tool to identify and track requirements for data integration.
Data Management
Explore research that helps you improve data accessibility, optimize data storage, and enhance data integration.
Enhance your data management program with our simplified framework.
Create a Data Management RoadmapData Management Policy
The data management policy will outline the standards for uniform management of all corporate critical data.
Data Management Assessment
Use the tool in a planning session to gather input from team members and reach consensus on the current and target vision for each data management component.
Optimization and Innovation
Choose the business value or outcomes you want to achieve and navigate to the right research destination.
| Organizational Value | Outcome | Best-Fit Research |
| Informed Decision-Making | Faster Decision-Making Improve Data Visualization Enhance Business Performance |
Reporting & Analytical Insights |
| Competitive Advantage | Automate Routine Tasks Predictive Insights Enhance Personalization |
Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning & AI |
Reporting & Analytical Insights
Explore research to accelerate decision-making, improve data visualization, and enhance business performance.
Deliver actionable business insights by creating a business-aligned reporting and analytics strategy.
Build a Reporting and Analytical Insights StrategyAccelerate the process of building your business case and selecting your business intelligence and analytics solution.
Business Intelligence and Analytics Platform Selection GuideBI Practice Assessment Tool
A structured tool to help you evaluate the gap between your current and target state and build a roadmap to ensure success.
Business Intelligence RFP Template
Customize this template to create your own request for proposal (RFP) for your BI and analytics solution procurement process.
Advanced Analytics, Machine Learning & AI
Explore research to automate tasks, gain predictive insights, and create personalized experiences.
Control machine bias to prevent discriminating against your consumers and damaging your organization.
Mitigate Machine BiasBuild trust with your stakeholders.
Tell Your Story With Data VisualizationFast-track your AI explorations by learning from early adopters.
Get Started With Artificial IntelligenceA practical guide to ensure return on your off-the-shelf AI investment.
Drive Business Value With Off-the-Shelf AIArtificial Intelligence Research Center
Augment the power of your organizational DNA through machine learning and artificial intelligence.
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