Data Governance for Law Firms
Data Governance for Law Firms
Articles about Data Governance
What is a Data Strategy? Data strategy is a document which reinforces and advances the firm’s overall business strategy. It should refer to the processes, technologies, people, and data you use to operate and improve your firm. A data strategy …
Introduction In this case study, I will share the process we recently implemented for one of our law firm clients looking to build on their Law Firm Foundation Data Governance Roadmap by creating their next Data Strategy. The background The …
What is a communications plan? A communications plan is a tool that provides a way to structure communication and engagement planning to: Who needs to create a communications plan? Every data governance centre of excellence should create a communication plan …
Finding the right person to be a successful Data Governance Lead within your firm needn’t be a difficult or daunting task. In this article, I show you how to pick someone who will help lead your Data Governance initiative to …
What is a gap analysis? A gap analysis assesses the differences between an organisation’s actual and expected (or desired) performance. The term “gap” refers to the space between “where you are” – the present state, and “where you want to …
This is an interesting and challenging question which frequently comes up in conversations with senior law firm stakeholders. The reason for the question is sound. These stakeholders have become aware that data (whatever that means to them) isn’t working for …
The space between roadmap creation and execution Roadmaps are the output of a strategic planning process. Execution is getting on and doing it. The less talked about but critically important step is what happens in between these two stages. Starting …
Introduction One of the Law Firms we worked with to develop a Data Governance Roadmap was in a great position to deliver it because we had helped them identify a data governance lead from the internal stakeholders we interviewed. All …
Roles, accountabilities, and responsibilities are the “who and how” that form your Data Governance Framework. You know that you need people to be accountable and responsible for the critical data you identify, but what does that mean? It means codifying, …
Data as technical debt is a problem What is technical debt? Technical debt is the list of activities (and the implied costs associated with remediating them) that project managers descope from an IT project. It is a term that was …