Case Study: Strategy & Governance

Data Strategy & Governance

Provincial Government

The breadth and sensitivity of the data governments store is significantly more challenging than what most organizations must deal with. The data is very large, with a wide variety of knowledge domains, a significant array of attributes about citizens, and severe restrictions on data access and utilization due to privacy regulation.

The Challenge

Our provincial government client needed a way to securely implement data visualization within the organization, while respecting inter-departmental privacy, accounting for very large sums of data, and minimizing hardware, infrastructure, and licensing costs.

The Solution

We supported the installation, configuration, and governance surrounding the implementation of analytical capabilities serviced by data visualization. To assist the client with adopting governance best practices, we held facilitated workshops with staff from all levels of government, including IT architects, network operations, and department heads to provide direction and justification for embarking on data strategy and governance.

The Results

  • Risk Identification and Mitigation Strategies - Various strategy and governance options were presented based on their analytical capabilities and data visualization needs, including why the various options were necessary, along with the undesirable outcomes when they are not followed
  • Actionable Recommendations – Several departments chose to implement the recommendations from the workshop
  • Scalable Infrastructure Solutions – A strategy and governance solution that will allow the client to scale up as utilization grows and increasingly complex requirements become necessary
Assisted with installation, configuration, and governance surrounding the implementation of analytical capabilities serviced by data visualization
Execution of data strategy and governance recommendations prior to release of the analytics capability prevented undesirable outcomes
The data strategy and governance put in place allows for scaling up as utilization grows and increasingly complex requirements become necessary