Creating a repeatable process
As you prepare your launch plan, ensure you are prepared to educate wide and deep into the organization. You should plan to go on a roadshow-type communication tour, sharing the vision, the plan, and what the future will be. Tell them, tell them what you told them, then tell them again. You will need to leverage several types of communication mechanisms to ensure you have enterprise-wide understanding:
- Memo: Ensure your data strategy memo is published and available for review broadly. Transparency is a big benefit to launching powerfully.
- Plan: Build a plan to show what you will deliver and when. Be specific about what the stakeholders will be able to do at each release or publication, so they can digest what they can expect along the way (not just at the end).
- Updates: Plan out how you will update your stakeholder communities along the journey. You will need different updates for the board versus individuals directly working on the data...