Strategic Data Planning

Download or read book Strategic Data Planning written by Dale L. Goodhue and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Strategic Data Planning: Lessons From the Field Many large organizations today are finding that even if they can access data from multiple functions, the lack of logical data integration (common data definitions and codes) across information systems makes it difficult or impossible to answer cross-functional or cross-divisional questions. This reduces their ability to take advantage of potential opportunities or respond to business problems. Strategic Data Planning is one methodology which can address such problems, within the general umbrella of information engineering. Resting on the assumption that a relatively stable group of data entities lies at the center of an organization's information processing needs, SDP is a formalized, top-down, data-centered planning approach that builds a model of the enterprise, its functions, and its underlying data as a basis for identifying and implementing an integrated set of information systems. In spite of strong conceptual arguments for the value of the SDP approach and its use in many organizations, empirical researchers have failed to find clear-cut evidence of its general success. This raises the question of whether the approach is universally appropriate. If success is somewhat problematic, are there lessons that can be drawn from actual organizational experience? The purpose of this paper is to report the results of a series of case studies of SDP efforts, to offer insights on the conditions under which SDP is most effective, and to propose directions for future research. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.