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TRENDING
GARTNER FINDS
CHIEF DATA
OFFICERS ARE
ENABLING DIGITAL
TRANSFORMATION
The latest Chief Data Officer survey from Gartner
reveals the changes that the job role has undergone in
the last year as well as the CDO’s rise to becoming a
mission critical part of the organisation.
A
s the role of chief data officer (CDO)
continues to gain traction within
organisations, a recent survey by
Gartner, Inc. found that these data and
analytics leaders are proving to be a linchpin
of digital business transformation.
The third annual Gartner Chief Data
Officer survey was conducted July through
September 2017 with 287 CDOs, chief
analytics officers and other high-level data
and analytics leaders from across the world.
Respondents were required to have the title
of CDO, chief analytics officer or be a senior
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leader with responsibility for leading data
and/or analytics in their organisation.
“While the early crop of CDOs was focused
on data governance, data quality and
regulatory drivers, today’s CDOs are now
also delivering tangible business value,
and enabling a data-driven culture,” said
Valerie Logan, Research Director at Gartner.
“Aligned with this shift in focus, the survey
also showed that for the first time, more
than half of CDOs now report directly to a
top business leader such as the CEO, COO,
CFO, president/owner or board/shareholders.
By 2021, the office of the CDO will be seen
as a mission critical function comparable to
IT, business operations, HR and finance in
75% of large enterprises.”
The survey found that support for the
CDO role and business function is rising
globally. A majority of survey respondents
reported holding the formal title of CDO,
revealing a steady increase over 2016
(57% in 2017 compared with 50% in
2016). Those organisations implementing
an office of the CDO also rose since last
year, with 47% reporting an office of
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