Elevating the Government Chief Data Officer (CDO)/Enterprise Data Executive (EDE) Training Workshop

Overview:

This one day Potomac Forum workshop will focus on taking organizational CDO/EDEs to the next level within their respective organizations, based on lessons learned and best practices. In order to be effective, CDOs require specific prerequisites or risk becoming casualties. Paramount among these is the need for an organizational data strategy. Without a well understood and organizationally accepted data strategy, governmental organizations risk defusing their effectiveness when faced with current organizational readiness. Other topics include:

Obtaining qualified leadership for data initiatives
Understanding the underpinnings of data-centric thinking
Establishing the proper relationship between data programs and IT projects
Maintaining appropriate expectations/articulating success:
Understanding how to successfully implement data-based strategies:
Implementing a successful organizational change management strategy:

The Chief Data Officer’s primary focus is that: Data are assets that deserve to be managed as professionally and aggressively as comparable organizational assets. Studies show that only about 10% of organizations actually achieve a positive return on their investments in data. In the face of the accelerating "data explosion," this leaves most organizations unprepared to leverage a non-degrading, strategic asset. Organizations that successfully create CDOs will achieve improved organizational performance results.

In today’s information-driven environment, this requires data strategy that enables organizations to keep their eye on the ball amidst other organizational distractions. Utilizing various case studies and client experiences, this workshop will help you understand the basics of data strategy development by demonstrating how to establish realistic goals and expectations, and how to demonstrate the value of such action to both internal and external decision makers.

What You Will Learn:

Getting started – Practical Information for Government – how to identify what’s important and taking the first steps
Identifying and addressing the cultural challenges that get in the way of a data-centric transformation – what are the steps to change management in the Government Environment
How to create the ‘data’ vision – what artifacts need to be created to layout the long-term value and communicate what it’s going to take the organization to get there
How to deliver value while building your data management capabilities – how to develop plans that meet both objectives
Walk before you run with data focused initiatives: Understand and implement necessary data management prerequisites as a foundation, then build upon that foundation.
Case study example artifacts used to implement a data strategy
The critical importance of Business and IT alignment
Working with Agency Leadership and getting “Buy-In”

Why You Should Attend:

How to “make your case” with agency leadership in a budget constrained environment
To learn how to fully utilize organizational data assets
To gain a clear understanding of how to compliment your existing strategy using your data assets
Hear firsthand from government officials about the practical aspects of …
To learn what you have to do to prepare for the post-big data era
To understand why data should not be treated as an IT asset but a business asset

Who Should Attend:

IT and Business/Functional leaders
Government officials embarking on either IT- or business-related initiatives
CIOs, Deputy CIOs and Staff, as well as CDOs, Deputy CDOs and Staff
Program Managers who report data internally or externally to public, Congress, the press, and other organizations
Government Executives, Managers and Staff who review or use data or oversee the use or dissemination of data to the public
Inspector Generals (IGs) and Staff
Agency Senior Leadership
Industry Partners

Format:

This workshop will combine keynote presentations with expert sessions filled with real world examples and discussions to provide a thorough, enjoyable day of learning.

Speaker and Presenter Information

Keynote and Guest Speakers to be Announced

Instructors:

Peter Aiken, Ph.D.

Founding Director,
Data Blueprint

Peter Aiken is acknowledged to be a top data management (DM) authority. As a practicing data consultant, author and researcher, he has been actively performing and studying DM for more than 30 years. His expertise has been sought by some of the world's most important organizations and his achievements have been recognized internationally. He has held leadership positions and consulted with more than 75 organizations in 21 countries across numerous industries, including defense, banking, healthcare, telecommunications and manufacturing. He is a sought-after keynote speaker and author of multiple publications, including his latest the "Case for the CDO" & "Monetizing Data Management" and he hosts the longest running and most successful webinar dedicated to data management (hosted by Dataversity.net). Peter is the Founding Director of Data Blueprint, a consulting firm that helps organizations leverage data for competitive advantage and operational efficiencies. He is also Associate Professor of Information Systems at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU), past President of the International Data Management Association (DAMA-I) and Associate Director of the MIT International Society of Chief Data Officers.

Relevant Government Agencies

Air Force, Army, Navy & Marine Corps, Intelligence Agencies, DOD & Military, Office of the President (includes OMB), Dept of Agriculture, Dept of Commerce, Dept of Education, Dept of Energy, Dept of Health & Human Services, Dept of Homeland Security, Dept of Housing & Urban Development, Dept of the Interior, Dept of Justice, Dept of Labor, Dept of State, Dept of Transportation, Dept of Treasury, Dept of Veterans Affairs, EPA, GSA, USPS, SSA, NASA, Other Federal Agencies, Legislative Agencies (GAO, GPO, LOC, etc.), Judicial Branch Agencies, State Government, County Government, City Government, Municipal Government, CIA, FEMA, Office of Personnel Management, Coast Guard, National Institutes of Health, FAA, Census Bureau, USAID, National Guard Association, EEOC