13. Governance for Analytics

Stacy Blanchard and Robert Morison

Whenever an organization develops new capability, questions of guidance and authority arise. If the questions are not addressed and resolved quickly, avoidable problems surface, the capability is ineffectively deployed, and business benefits are diluted and delayed. The policies and processes of governance address how to define and manage a capability and its resources. Governance facilitates organizational alignment, cultural support, and high performance as the capability is deployed.

Such is the case as organizations today build their capability in business analytics. Strong governance can accelerate progress and amplify results, thus improving decision-making and business performance ...

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