Published: 26 July 2016
Summary
Data and analytics has become strategic; it is almost omnipresent throughout organizations and needs to be ready for algorithmic business. Data and analytics leaders must address changing roles to clarify responsibilities, the business-IT partnership and, ultimately, business impact.
Included in Full Research
- The increased strategic importance of data and analytics calls for the creation of an executive-level data and analytics leader
- The omnipresent decentralization of data and analytics use cases leads to many part-time and hybrid roles across lines of business, including IT, increasing business complexity
- The trend toward algorithmic business will create new responsibilities and roles for those managing data and analytics