Big Data Foundations: Building Architecture and Teams

Enterprise data inevitably spans many systems. From data marts and data warehouses and mission-critical applications such as ERP, supply chain, and CRM to industry-specific applications such as enterprise medical and health records. But data quality, governance, migration, and management need to be addressed holistically. Big data gives us a powerful new weapon to finally get our arms around it all.



Join Alan Simon as he shows how to build a top-notch enterprise data team, evaluate your data architecture, solicit feedback from business users and IT staff, and create a plan to manage your data going forward. He helps you build a portfolio of projects that align with business needs, and migrate your current data into a more modern big data environment.

Topics include:

• Surveying the enterprise data landscape
• Building a data architecture team
• Selling the team
• Finding out what's working—and what's not—with scorecards
• Analyzing and reporting feedback results
• Modernizing your data architecture
• Refining and selling your data portfolio
• Evolving your data team