Selling MDM to Leadership: Defining the Why

MDM: You Think You Need It, But You're Not Sure Why

It’s one of the hardest things to do prior to beginning an MDM initiative, but understanding why you need MDM from a business point of view is critical to ensure the success of the project. The reality is that many or most organizations begin without knowing why, which significantly increases the chance of failure. So if you know your organization is ready for MDM, the next step is to understand why you need it.

Join the ‘Three MDM Amigos’ (see speakers below) for a live-panel discussion on the critical importance of understanding why your organization might need MDM. Specifically, the ‘Three MDM Amigos’ will discuss:

• Justification: Should you do something or nothing? If nothing now, when will be the right time? Why do you think you need MDM? You may be able to tell a story around why you need MDM, but do you really understand what’s wrong. Learn the importance of starting with the WHY and what a good WHY looks like for MDM success.
• Prioritization: You can’t do it all and you certainly can’t do it all at once, so where should you start? What order should you do this in? Learn the best ways to incrementalize your MDM projects with a focus on quick wins.
• Rightsizing: Don’t solve a $1M problem with a $10M solution. What solution do you actually need to solve the problem? Learn how a well-defined “why” will help you identify the best solution.

Register to attend the live-panel discussion OR to receive the on-demand recording once complete. We send out the on-demand recording within 24 hours of the live webinar.

FEATURED SPEAKERS:

Bill O’Kane

Former Gartner Analyst and Profisee VP & MDM Strategist Bill O’Kane will guide you through the discussion. Bill served for eight years as Vice President of Data and Analytics and Magic Quadrant lead author at Gartner. He is a recognized thought leader and the world’s foremost authority on the topics of Information Governance and MDM program management, vendors and technologies, and MDM’s role within an overall enterprise information management strategy.

Harbert Bernard

Harbert Bernard leads Profisee’s Value Management Practice, which works to develop BIRs (Business Impact Roadmap) for a range of enterprises at no cost to the organization. He is an experienced management consultant with deep domain expertise around developing business cases for large investments in technology. He understands the transformative power of MDM and is passionate about helping customers succeed. He believes the BIR approach is the way to start the journey.

Christopher Dwight

Christopher is a well respected MDM thought leader and the VP of Customer Success at Profisee. Christopher has been in the enterprise information management and master data management (MDM) space for more than 20 years. He was among the founding members of Razza Solutions, one of the handful of startup companies that pioneered MDM before MDM was a discipline and a market. Razza went on to become Oracle | Hyperion Data Relationship Management, the top-selling MDM solution within Oracle’s MDM portfolio. After Oracle, Christopher led the North America MDM team at Informatica prior to joining Profisee in 2017.