The hierarchy of strategy, objectives, processes, analytics, and data

If you have followed the process outlined in the Understanding strategy, objectives, and challenges section, you should have at this point a list of data quality-related challenges, as well as an idea of the systems and data involved in the challenge. It is likely at this stage that you identified more potential challenges than you can prioritize at this time.

The next step in the process is to review these holistically and select where to put your focus.

Prioritizing using strategy

Having gathered data quality challenges that impact various pillars of a strategy, it is time to take stock. This may involve going back to the strategy team to present your findings.

The following diagram illustrates the typical outcomes of the early discovery meetings.

Figure 5.2 – Strategic pillars by the number of rules and complexity

There is often a particular strategic pillar where...