Strategic data management

The increasing company-wide use of data requires a change in strategy when dealing with data. Success-critical decisions and automated processes are based on reliable data and structures. Strategic data management develops the necessary structures for the so-called data organization. The strategic positioning of the data organization allows the sustainable alignment of data domains, data roles and data applications.
 

At Fraunhofer ISST, the components of strategic data management that ensure success for data-driven innovations are developed. The goal of strategic data management is the introduction and optimization of a company-internal data organization to realize data democratization. Establishing a data organization increases data quality and usability of AI applications, reduces data search processes, and improves the adoption of data applications. Within its framework, the necessary data capabilities are developed, sustainably established and continuously measurable. The basis for the data organization is the establishment of a data strategy that defines long-term specifications, for example, the prerequisite for participation in data ecosystems or the type of data storage. The data organization is based on these specifications and integrates them into the data governance approaches, which is ensured by means of decentralized and/or centralized corporate units and suitable data roles such as data owners and data stewards. For efficient implementation of the workflows, the concepts are realized in data catalogs and data quality software and rolled out company-wide.
 

Figure 1: Integrated approach to developing strategic data management with the Fraunhofer ISST toolbox

Fraunhofer ISST's range of services includes data strategy positioning, conducting data assessments and reviews, selecting suitable data governance approaches, developing role and process models, and supporting a proof-of-concept for tools.

Data strategy and data culture

• Strategic positioning of data management in the internal and external corporate environment
• Derivation of data capabilities, structured by technology, organization and people (TOP principle)
• Dovetailing with business strategy by means of data-related target systems, development plan and key performance indicators
• Transformation to a data culture by means of data awareness workshops, data principles and data competence building 

Data governance

• Development and selection of a suitable data governance organizational model to determine centralized and decentralized responsibilities.
• Development and introduction of suitable data roles according to tasks, competencies and responsibilities (AKV principle) in the existing organization
• Process model development based on the relevant data capabilities

Tool Landscape

• Assessment and support of the proof-of-concept for the implementation of a data catalog 
• Assessment for the selection of suitable data quality software

Available software/applications

• DIVA (Data Inventory and Valuation Approach) for data cataloging

Industries

Strategic data management helps solve demanding challenges in a variety of industries. Whether as a toolbox in automotive manufacturing, a framework in medical technology, or an organizational model in transportation, data management as a strategic cornerstone has a positive impact on time to market and the introduction of new applications.

Here you will find a selection of released application examples from the competence field "Strategic Data Management" of the past years. Are you looking for further information? Simply get in touch with us - our contact persons will be happy to answer your questions and talk to you.

Example 1:

Data management at Dräger

The company-wide use of data is becoming a critical success factor for product manufacturers. For data to develop its full value for companies, it must be available, of high quality and easy to understand. A data strategy guarantees a stable process towards a future-oriented and data-driven organization. Together with Dräger, a data framework was developed and put into organizational use. 

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Example 2:

Industrial data management at VW

Fraunhofer ISST is developing an integrated and stringent concept for industrial data management within the project framework. Here we first record relevant customer processes on site. This bottom-up approach allows concrete needs for action to be derived. Subsequently, a data strategy is developed through the interplay of workshops and conceptual work. This framework describes the objectives for architecture rules and the data governance model. The guidelines for the structured handling of data are thereby described from the organizational perspective. At this juncture, we work out what roles are entrusted with what activities in working with data.

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Example 3:

Diagnosis data management at Thales

Based on the big picture of a data strategy that defines the essential principles of how data is identified and managed in an entrepreneurial manner, the responsibilities of data-related roles and the responsibilities for existing corporate roles are to be defined. A data governance model takes into account whether there is a need for a physical or virtual data governance organization. As part of the project, Fraunhofer ISST is developing a concept for data governance in collaboration with Thales in workshops and additional work.

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GÜR, I., M. SPIEKERMANN, M. ARBTER. und B.OTTO, 2021. Data Strategy Development: A Taxonomy for Data Strategy Tools and Methodologies in the Economy. 16th International Conference on Wirtschaftsinformatik, Essen-Duisburg

ALTENDEITERING, M. und T. GUGGENBERGER, 2021. Designing Data Quality Tools: Findings from an Action Design Research Project at Boehringer Ingelheim. Twenty-Ninth European Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2021), Marrakesh

HUPPERZ, M., I. GÜR, F. MÖLLER und B. OTTO, 2021. What is a Data-Driven Organization? In: Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems. Montreal

GÜR, I., T. GUGGENBERGER und M. ALTENDEITERING, 2021. Towards a Data Management Capability Model. In: Proceedings of Americas Conference on Information Systems. Montreal

LIS, D. and B. OTTO, 2020. Data Governance in Data Ecosystems – Insights from Organizations. In: Proceedings of Americas’ Conference on Information Systems, Salt Lake City

LIS, D. and B. OTTO, 2021. Towards a Taxonomy of Ecosystem Data Governance. In: Proceedings of the 54th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences. Hawaii