01 February 2017

Data Management: Data Strategy (Definitions)

"A business plan for leveraging an enterprise’s data assets to maximum advantage." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

[enterprise data strategy:] "A data strategy supporting the entire enterprise." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

[data management strategy:] "Selected courses of actions setting the direction for data management within the enterprise, including vision, mission, goals, principles, policies, and projects." (DAMA International, "The DAMA Dictionary of Data Management", 2011)

"A data strategy is a plan for maintaining and improving the quality, integrity, security, and access of the enterprise data. It typically includes business plans that describe how the data will be used to support the enterprise business strategy and goals." (Dewey E Ray, "Valuing Data: An Open Framework", 2018)

"A data strategy is not an algorithm, buzzword, IT project, technology or application, collection of data in storage, department or team, or project or tactic. A data strategy is a set of organization-wide objectives leading to highly efficient processes that turn data resources into outcomes that help the organization fulfill its mission." (Harvinder Atwal, "Practical DataOps: Delivering Agile Data Science at Scale", 2019)

"A data strategy is a plan designed to improve all the ways you acquire, store, manage, share, and use data." (Evan Levy, "TDWI Data Strategy Assessment Guide", 2021)

"A data strategy is a central, integrated concept that articulates how data will enable and inspire business strategy." (MIT CISR)

"A data strategy is a common reference of methods, services, architectures, usage patterns and procedures for acquiring, integrating, storing, securing, managing, monitoring, analyzing, consuming and operationalizing data." (DXC.Technology) [source]

"A data strategy is a highly dynamic process employed to support the acquisition, organization, analysis, and delivery of data in support of business objectives." (Gartner)

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