Informatica Enterprise Data Management

Now that you're back "mentally" from the summer it’s time to focus on your fall activities to prepare you for the Q4 push. But before you get to the Q4 fire drills there is one big task ahead of you – planning for next year and getting your budget approved.

We talked last time about connecting your data projects with business initiatives and I’d like to review the process in relation to getting your budget submission completed and approved.

It’s really a simple process, of course with a lot of politics thrown in. (Sorry, but you'll have to handle those yourself!) To play the game you have got to understand what the business is planning both strategically and tactically, as well as what programs or projects are being planned and funded to those objectives. You’ve got to have a queue of projects that you feel need to get done along with others that you keep hoping there will be time and resources for someday. The time is now.
First, learn about the business strategy and the initiatives (programs and projects) planned to support them. Second, think about your data-integration and enterprise data-management projects in that business light.

What DI or EDM projects would help various business initiatives succeed? After all, most of these business initiatives need data, data integration and some form of performance management in order to succeed. The business may not have made that connection, but it’s up to IT management to "connect the dots" and link the business initiatives with the EDM projects.

Once the business is linked to the EDM projects it is up to the business to push the EDM plan along with all the other components of their initiative. IT management becomes a partner, but it's the business that's driving the business initiative bus. What better way to get not only funding, but also business commitment and participation in your data-governance and ICC programs?

After that’s done and you’ve got next year’s plans in place, it’s time to get back to the Q4 fire-drills.