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Why Data Governance Is Crucial for All Enterprise-Level Businesses

Cloudera

stemmed from a 2018 data breach, when the global hotel chain’s 339 million customers’ data was exposed. Even the COVID-19 pandemic and the acceleration to digital transformation — when data and data insights became two of the main business drivers — haven’t improved the situation. In 2019, the U.K.’s From Bad to Worse.

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Performance Management Done Right Is A Gold Mine Of Insight

Jedox

Instead of solely looking at the financial targets (and KPIs) we should ask them what their strategy is for achieving the business goals they have set out and do our utmost to help them achieve it. We do that by understanding the critical business drivers that determine business success. Complication. Resolution.

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Humans-in-the-loop forecasting: integrating data science and business planning

The Unofficial Google Data Science Blog

Done right, strategic forecasts can provide insights to decision makers on trends, incorporate forward-looking knowledge of product plans and technology roadmaps when relevant, expose the risks and biases of relying on any one forecasting methodology, and invite input from stakeholders on the uncertainty ranges.